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Information Bulletin 99-138
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228

October 15, 1999
3:15 p.m.


NMFS Reallocates Pollock in the BSAI

The National Marine Fisheries service (NMFS) is reallocating the projected unused amount (2,000 metric tons (mt)) of Bering Sea subarea (BS) pollock from the incidental catch account to the directed fisheries according to Steven Pennoyer, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

The following table summarizes the reallocation in metric tons:



Bering Sea C season (B/C season for motherships) pollock fishery
CURRENT ALLOWANCETHIS ACTIONREVISED AMOUT
Inshore component
catcher vessels125,885+1,000126,885
Offshore component
Catcher/processors
92,148+73292,880
8.5% for catcher vessels
8,560+688,628
Mothership
catcher vessels
50,354+20050,554




This information bulletin provides notice of a regulatory change. Do not rely upon it to guide you in complying with the regulatory change.

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