NMFS Reallocates Crab and Halibut PSC Allowances in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating unused 2010 crab and halibut prohibited species catch allowances from the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands trawl limited access sector to the Amendment 80 cooperative in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, enabling the cooperative to fully utilize its 2010 groundfish allocations.