# Pacific Island Fisheries; Annual Catch Limit and Accountability Measures; Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish for Fishing Years 2021-2024
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2022-01-20 · Effective 2022-02-22 · 87 FR 3045
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-00995
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** hawaii
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 3045
- **Publication date:** 2022-01-20
- **Effective date:** 2022-02-22
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 220113-0014
## Abstract

In this final rule, NMFS implements an annual catch limit (ACL) of 492,000 lb (223,167 kg) for Deep 7 bottomfish in the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) for each of the three fishing years 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. As an in-season accountability measure (AM), if NMFS projects that the fishery will reach the ACL in any given fishing year, we would close the commercial and non-commercial fisheries in Federal waters for the remainder of the fishing year. As a post-season AM, if NMFS determines that the catch exceeded the ACL in a fishing year, we would reduce the ACL for the following fishing year by the amount of the overage. This rule supports the long-term sustainability of Deep 7 bottomfish.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/01/20/2022-00995/pacific-island-fisheries-annual-catch-limit-and-accountability-measures-main-hawaiian-islands-deep-7)
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