NMFS Exchanges Flathead Sole CDQ for Yellowfin Sole ABC Reserves in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is exchanging unused flathead sole Community Development Quota (CDQ) for yellowfin sole CDQ acceptable biological catch (ABC) reserves in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area to meet the 2016 total allowable catch of yellowfin sole in the region. This exchange is necessary to allow for the harvesting of the 2016 total allowable catch of yellowfin sole.