Department of Commerce June 21, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by catcher processors subject to sideboard limits established under the Central Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program in the GOA. This action is necessary because the 2007 Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) sideboard limit specified for the shallow-water species fishery for catcher processors subject to sideboard limits established under the Central GOA Rockfish Program in the GOA is insufficient to support directed fishing for the shallow-water species fisheries.