2003 Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications

NOAA Fisheries announces final 2003 harvest specifications, prohibited species catch allowances, and associated management measures for the groundfish fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to establish harvest limits and associated management measures for groundfish during the 2003 fishing year and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plans for the Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska Management Areas. The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the BSAI and GOA.