Under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) National Marine Fisheries service (NMFS)
manages the groundfish fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ) off Alaska through fishery management plans. Regulations that
implement those fishery management plans appear at 50 CFR part 679.
The American Fisheries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1851 note (AFA) provided a
new program for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock
fishery. In response to the AFA, NMFS developed a management
program for BSAI pollock to include a set of permits for AFA
catcher
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