NMFS Adjusts 2017 Pollock Seasonal Apportionments in Gulf of Alaska

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is re-apportioning unharvested pollock catch in Statistical Areas 610, 620, and 630 of the Gulf of Alaska to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2017 pollock Total Allowable Catch (TAC), in line with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.