Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 02-30 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
April 24, 2002 10:30 a.m. |
NMFS Issues Enforcement Policy Pertaining to Retention of Salmon Heads and Guts for Meal Production Under the Salmon Donation Program The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will not enforce regulations that could be interpreted to prohibit converting Pacific halibut heads or salmon heads and guts into meal under the prohibited species donation (PSD) program, according to Jeff Passer, Special-Agent-In Charge, Alaska Enforcement Division, NMFS. The retention of Pacific halibut and salmon incidentally caught in specified groundfish fisheries is authorized for purposes of donation to hunger relief organizations. Regulations at 50 CFR part 679.26 that govern the PSD program also prohibit a processor from retaining salmon or Pacific halibut, except for the purpose of processing and delivering the prohibited species to hunger relief organizations. |