NMFS Reallocates Pollock Catch Allowance in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating unused pollock catch allowance from the 2007 incidental catch allowance to the directed fisheries in the Bering Sea subarea, in order to meet the total allowable catch goal for pollock in the region, as outlined in the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.