NMFS Reallocates Atka Mackerel Allowance in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating unused Atka mackerel incidental catch allowance from the Bering Sea subarea and Eastern Aleutian district to the Amendment 80 cooperative allocations in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area to fully harvest the 2017 total allowable catch of Atka mackerel in the BSAI.