Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
On March 18, 2025, NMFS published the final rule to implement the 2025 and 2026 harvest specifications, apportionments, and prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). Following publication, errors were identified in table 21, which provides notice of allocations of groundfish and apportionments of PSC limits for the Community Development Quota (CDQ) groups. This rule corrects the errors in table 21.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 679 [250813-0138; RTID 0648-XE346] AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Final rule; correction. SUMMARY: On March 18, 2025, NMFS published the final rule to implement the 2025 and 2026 harvest specifications, apportionments, and prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). Following publication, errors were identified in table 21, which provides notice of allocations of groundfish and apportionments of PSC limits for the Community Development Quota (CDQ) groups. This rule corrects the errors in table 21. DATES: Effective August 25, 2025, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Whitney, 907-206-6783. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background NMFS publishes this rule to correct errors in table 21 of the final BSAI 2025 and 2026 groundfish harvest specifications. Table 21 sets forth the allocations of groundfish and apportionments of PSC allowances for the CDQ groups. PSC allowances are apportioned to individual CDQ groups as prohibited species quota (PSQ). In 2006, Public Law 109-241 amended section 305(i)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) ( 16 U.S.C. 1855(i)(1) ) to provide for the allocation of CDQ groundfish among certain enti…
Citation: 90 FR 41344
