NMFS Withdraws Proposed Rule on Maximum Retainable Amounts for Non-American Fisheries Act Trawl Catcher/Processors

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has withdrawn its proposed rule to revise accounting regulations for maximum retainable amounts of selected groundfish species caught by trawl catcher/processors that are not eligible under the American Fisheries Act to participate in directed fishing for pollock, leaving the current regulations in effect for several species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.