G34 Increase Community Development Quota Allocation for Sablefish
Purpose and Need
Amendment 34 to the FMP for the GOA corrected the inadvertent inclusion of the CDQ program in the FMP by removing and reserving section 4.4.1.1.8. It was adopted along with BSAI Amendment 30, which raised the sablefish CDQ allocation limit.
Analysis
No analysis was necessary for the preparation of Amendment 34. The amendment simply removed an inadvertent reference to the Community Development Quota Program from the FMP for the Gulf of Alaska.
Regulation Summary
The alternative adopted removed the inadvertent inclusion of the CDQ program in the FMP for the GOA.
Results
The result of the amendment was to correct the FMP for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska so that it does not include a section on the CDQ program.