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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Amendment 126 to the Fishery Management Plans for Groundfish of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Management Area and Amendment 114 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska To Expand Electronic Monitoring to the Pollock Fisheries

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on January 22, 2024. Comments closed on March 22, 2024.

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What the agency says

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) submitted Amendment 126 to the Fishery Management Plans for Groundfish of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP) and Amendment 114 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP). If approved, Amendments 126/114 would expand electronic monitoring (EM) to pelagic trawl pollock catcher vessels and tenders delivering to shoreside processors or stationary floating processors in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska. Amendments 126/114 are intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), the BSAI FMP, and the GOA FMP.

Key facts

Document number
2024-01120
Type
Proposed rule
Action
Notice of availability of fishery management plan amendment; request for comments
Agency
Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Published
January 22, 2024
Comments due
March 22, 2024
Dates
Comments must be received no later than March 22, 2024.
Regulation ID (RIN)
0648-BM40
Code of Federal Regulations
50 CFR 679
Pages
3

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