The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating the projected unused amount (9,000 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:
Bering Sea pollock fishery
| Current Allowance | This Action | Revised Amount | |
| Inshore component catcher vessels | 641,520 | +4,500 | 646,020 |
| Offshore component Catcher/processors | 469,593 | +3,294 | 472,887 |
| 8.5% for catcher vessels | 43,623 | + 306 | 43,929 |
| Motherships catcher vessels | 128,304 | + 900 | 129,204 |
| Incidental catch account | 53,460 | -9,000 | 44,460 |
This action is taken pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(a)(5)(i)(C) 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.
