NMFS Exchanges Flatfish Quota for Biological Catch Reserves in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is exchanging allocations of Amendment 80 cooperative quota (CQ) for Amendment 80 acceptable biological catch (ABC) reserves to allow the 2019 total allowable catch of flathead sole, rock sole, and yellowfin sole in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area to be harvested.