The American Fisheries Act (AFA)
imposed major structural changes on the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands Management Area (BSAI) pollock fishery which is managed by
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alask Region. These
changes include addition of new recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for participation in the BSAI pollock fishery for
processors that receive groundfish from AFA catcher vessels and for
BSAI pollock fishery cooperative formed under the AFA. On November
30, 2000, NMFS released the Biological Opinion assessing the
groundfish fisheries of the BSAI and GOA and effects of Steller sea
lions as required by the
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