NMFS Issues Final Rule to Standardize Haul Assignment for Trawl Catcher/Processors in Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea Groundfish Fisheries

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule to standardize the time limit for trawl catcher/processors to assign each haul to a management program in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea groundfish fisheries, aiming to improve consistency and promote the goals of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and other applicable laws.