NMFS Issues Regulations to Implement Changes to Bering Sea Crab Fishery Management Plan and American Fisheries Act Program

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule to revise regulations governing the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab fishery, aligning them with an amendment to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Crab Rationalization Program. The changes aim to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the Crab FMP.