NMFS Reallocates Pollock Fishing Allowances from Aleutian Islands to Bering Sea

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating unused pollock fishing allowances from the Aleutian Islands to the Bering Sea to meet the 2006 total allowable catch goal for pollock in the region, in line with the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.