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INFORMATION BULLETIN 02-71r Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 September 10, 2002 1:42 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) 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.

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