NMFS Exempts Western Aleutian Islands Golden King Crab Fishery from Regional Designation Requirements Due to Emergency

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued an emergency rule to exempt individual fishing quotas (IFQ) and individual processing quotas (IPQ) for the Western Aleutian Islands golden king crab fishery from regional designation requirements, allowing fishermen to deliver crab to processors outside the West region and processors to process crab outside the region, due to a recent unforeseen event that has closed processing facilities in the West region.