NMFS Proposes Rule to Implement Amendment 82 for Aleutian Islands Directed Pollock Fishery

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes a rule to implement Amendment 82 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, which would establish a framework for managing the Aleutian Islands subarea directed pollock fishery. The proposed rule aims to allocate the fishery to the Aleut Corporation for economic development in Adak, Alaska, in line with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.