INFORMATION BULLETIN (01-88)         September 21, 2001     
 Sustainable Fisheries Division       9:00 a.m.              
 907-586-7228                           

                                
                    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:
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Bering Sea pollock fishery
                      	CURRENT          THIS         REVISED
                      	ALLOWANCE        ACTION       AMOUNT
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.