The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating the projected unused amount (9,000 metric tons (mt)) 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:
| Bering Sea pollock fishery | |||
| CCURRENT ALLOWANCE | THIS ACTION | REVISED AMOUNT | |
| Inshore Component | |||
| Catcher vessels | 486,922 | +4,500 | 491,422 |
| Offshore component | |||
| Catcher/processors | 356,426 | +3,294 | 359,720 |
| 8.5% for catcher vessels | 33,111 | +306 | 33,417 |
| Mothership | |||
| catcher vessels | 97,384 | +900 | 98,284 |
| Incidental catch account | 51,255 | -9,000 | 42,255 |
This information bulletin provides notice of a regulatory change. Do not rely upon it to guide you in complying with the regulatory change.
