Implementation of the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Emergency Rule:

The Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) extends through April 20, 1987, an emergency rule amending regulations implementing the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP) in effect through January 20, 1987.

Background:

Final rule implementing the BSAI FMP for the Groundfish Fishery to assure optimum utilization while preventing overfishing of groundfish resources, and to ensure the regular collection of reliable information concerning the developing United States groundfish fishery. Effective date: January 1, 1982, for all sections except §611.93(d), 675.4, and 675.5(a). Section 675.4, Federal permits, and §675.5(a), domestic reporting requirements, are not effective until February 1, 1982. Notice of the effective date of §611.93(d) will be published later in the Federal Register.