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INFORMATION BULLETIN 01-88 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 September 21, 2001 9:00 A.M. NMFS REALLOCATES POLLOCK FROM THE INCIDENTAL CATCH ACCOUNT TO THE DIRECTED FISHERIES FOR POLLOCK IN THE BERING SEA SUBAREA The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating the projected unused amount (12,000 metric tons) of Bering Sea subarea pollock from the incidental catch account to the directed fisheries according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. The following table summarizes the reallocation in metric tons: Bering Sea pollock fishery CURRENT ALLOWANCE THIS ACTION REVISED Inshore component catcher vessels 604,800 +6,000 610,800 Offshore component    Catcher/processors 442,714 +4,392 447,106    8.5% for catcher vessels 41,126 +408 41,534 Motherships catcher vessels 120,960 +1,200 122,160 Incidental catch account 50,400 -12,000 38,400 This action is taken pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(a)(5)(i)(C) and the American Fisheries Act (Public Law 105-277, Division C, Title II). This information bulletin only provides notice of a regulatory change. For the purposes of complying with the regulatory change, you are advised to see the actual text of the regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations.

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