North Pacific Fishery Management Council Submits Amendment 34 to Review Bering Sea Crab Rationalization Program

Summary

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 34 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for review. The proposed amendment would exempt additional recipients of crab quota share from Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod and pollock harvest limits, allowing them to participate in these fisheries at historical levels.