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INFORMATION BULLETIN 04-103
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228 		December 13, 2004
3:00 p.m.


APPORTIONMENT OF RESERVE
FOR FOUR GROUNDFISH TARGET SPECIES
IN THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

The 2004 total allowable catch (TAC) specifications for four groundfish target species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) have been supplemented by amounts of the reserve according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. This action is being taken in accordance with 50 CFR 679.20(b)(3).

The following table summarizes the reallocation in metric tons:

BSAI       

    Current Initial TAC
(ITAC)   

    This Action   

    Revised ITAC   
Arrowtooth Flounder

10,200

+ 5,000

15,200
Flathead Sole

16,150

+   500

16,650
"Other Flatfish"

 2,775

+ 1,900

 4,675
Rock Sole

37,925

+ 4,190

42,115


Total BSAI

Available Reserve



1,988,410

     11,590



+11,590

-11,590



2,000,000

0


Fishermen are reminded that all actions and closures remain in full force and effect. These apportionments do not rescind or modify closures to directed fishing or actions prohibiting retention of a groundfish species.

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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