INFORMATION BULLETIN (02-71r)        September 10, 2002     
 Sustainable Fisheries Division       1:40 p.m.             
 907-586-7228                           

                                
                    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:
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                   Bering Sea pollock fishery
                      CURRENT          THIS         REVISED
                      ALLOWANCE        ACTION       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.