Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Halibut Abundance-Based Management of Amendment 80 Prohibited Species Catch Limit

Summary

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 123 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands region for review by the Secretary of Commerce, with the goal of linking halibut catch limits to abundance levels to comply with the Magnuson-Stevens Act and minimize bycatch.