WASHINGTON, March 27 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice called: Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 27 by Karen H. Abrams, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Summary: This notice announces NMFS' receipt of an application and the public comment period for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from North Pacific Fisheries Research Foundation. If issued, this permit would allow the applicant to develop and test salmon excluders to optimize salmon escapement under summer pollock fishing conditions in the Bering Sea pollock fishery. In order to fa...