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INFORMATION BULLETIN #00-93
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228 		October 13, 2000
2:45 p.m.


NMFS REALLOCATES POLLOCK FROM THE INCIDENTAL CATCH ACCOUNT TO THE DIRECTED FISHERIES FOR POLLOCK IN THE BERING SEA SUBAREA

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:

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Bering Sea pollock fishery				
                                  CURRENT 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.












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