Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

Resumo

NMFS issues a final rule to reduce the proportion of pollock roe that may be retained onboard a vessel during a fishing trip in the Alaska groundfish fisheries. This action is necessary to implement a statutory prohibition against the wasteful use of pollock by stripping roe (eggs) from female pollock and discarding female and male pollock carcasses without further processing, commonly known as pollock roe stripping, and to promote the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and the FMP for the Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area with respect to groundfish management off Alaska.