5 Reduce Chinook Salmon Prohibited Species Catch Limit (withdrawn)
Purpose and Need
The purpose of Amendment 5 was to limit the prohibited species catch (PSC) of Chinook salmon in the eastern Bering Sea foreign trawl fisheries to 45,500 fish. This was the amount approved by the Council as part of Amendment 3, and was a reduction from the existing limit of 55,250 fish established by Amendment 1a. These values for the proposed Chinook salmon PSC were based upon the Council approval of the PSC reduction schedule for salmon that was negotiated between principal domestic and foreign user groups (western Alaska residents and Japanese trawl industry representatives). Because there was a long implementation delay for Amendment 3, Amendment 5 was proposed to reduce the salmon PSC sooner.
Amendment 5 was adopted by the Council in September 1981 in conjunction with Amendment 3. A proposed rule was drafted but withdrawn because it was redundant to Amendment 3, which finally was implemented on July 2, 1983 (48 FR 24719) after a long delay.
Analysis
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Regulation Summary
The amendment was withdrawn when it was superseded by implementation of Amendment 3.
Results
Salmon PSC limits for foreign trawl fisheries were reduced in accordance with Amendment 3.