INFORMATION BULLETIN (03-69)                                                        August 19, 2003    
 Sustainable Fisheries Division                                                      2:15 p.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 (6,500
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 ACTION     REVISED AMOUNT
                              ALLOWANCE 	         	
Inshore component
     catcher vessels     	647,797      +3,250         651,047
Offshore component                                             
     Catcher/processors
                         	474,187      +2,379         476,566
     8.5% for catcher vessels
                          	 44,050       + 221          44,271
Mothership
     catcher vessels                    
                         	129,559      +  650         130,209
Incidental catch account
                           	 46,990      -6,500          40,490

The offshore component, catcher/processor apportionment includes a one half percent limit for catcher
processors not listed under the American Fisheries Act.  That limit is increased by 13 mt from 2,591 mt
to 2,604 mt by this action. 

This action is taken pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(1) 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.