View all text of Subpart D [§ 665.398 - § 665.469]

§ 665.408 - CNMI Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and Annual Catch Targets (ACT).

(a) In accordance with § 665.4, the ACL and ACT for Mariana bottomfish MUS in the CNMI Management Subarea for each fishing year is as follows:

Table 1 to Paragraph (a)

2021 2022 2023 ACL (lb)84,00084,00084,000 ACT (lb)78,00078,00078,000

(b) If the average catch of the three most recent years exceeds the specified ACL in a fishing year, the Regional Administrator will reduce the ACL and the ACT for the subsequent year by the amount of the overage in a separate rulemaking.

[87 FR 9272, Feb. 18, 2022]