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 are as follows:

Table 1 to Paragraph (a)

2024 2025 ACL (lb)82,00082,000 ACT (lb)75,00075,000

(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, as amended at 89 FR 61357, July 31, 2024]