INFORMATION BULLETIN (03-88)                                                    October 1, 2003    
 Sustainable Fisheries Division                                                  11:00 a.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
(4,000 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          651,047        +2,000         653,047
Offshore component                                             
     Catcher/processors       476,566        +1,464         478,030
     8.5% for catcher vessels  44,271        +  136         44,407
Mothership
     catcher vessels          130,209        +  400         130,609
Incidental catch account       40,490        -4,000         36,490

The offshore component, catcher/processor apportionment includes a one half percent limit for
catcher processors not listed under the American Fisheries Act.  That limit is increased by 8 mt
from 2,604 mt to 2,612 mt by this action. 

This action is taken pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(1) 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.