NMFS Proposes Rule to Standardize Haul Designation for Trawl Catcher Processors in Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing a rule to standardize the time limit for trawl catcher/processors to assign a management program to each haul in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries, aiming to improve consistency and promote the goals of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and other applicable laws.