NMFS Issues Final Rule to Clarify Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Fisheries Regulations

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule to correct discrepancies in the regulations governing the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries, in order to promote the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and other applicable law.