NMFS Proposes Regulations for Inshore Fee System to Repay Pollock Loan

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing regulations to implement an inshore fee system for all pollock harvested under the inshore component of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands directed fishing allowance under the American Fisheries Act (AFA), which aims to repay a $75 million loan to reduce fishing capacity for offshore pollock.