North Pacific Fishery Management Council Submits Amendment 85 to Groundfish Fishery Management Plan for Review

Summary

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 85 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, which aims to revise Pacific cod allocations, eliminate a reserve, and increase allocations to the Community Development Quota Program to reduce uncertainty and maintain stability in the fishery.