Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

Résumé

NMFS announces the approval of Amendment 24 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI) and issues final regulations to implement the amendment that allocates the Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) among vessels using trawl, hook-and-line or pot gear, and jig gear through 1996. These regulations also authorize seasonal apportionments of the portion of Pacific cod TAC allocated to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear. Consistent with the regulations implementing Amendment 24, NMFS also specifies 1994 gear allocations and seasonal apportionments of the amount of the 1994 Pacific cod TAC allocated to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear through 1996. This action is necessary to allocate Pacific cod among specified gear groups to respond to socioeconomic needs of the fishing industry that have been identified by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council). It is intended to promote management and conservation of groundfish and other fish resources and to further the goals and objectives contained in the FMP.