NMFS Issues Final Rule to Allow Offal from Pacific Salmon and Halibut for Commercial Products

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule to permit the use of offal from Pacific salmon and halibut intended for the Prohibited Species Donation (PSD) program for commercial products such as fish meal, fish oil, and bone meal, in order to align with the objectives of the PSD program and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).