# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Maximum Retainable Bycatch Percentages, Gulf of Alaska
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 1999-12-06 · Effective 2000-01-05 · 64 FR 68054
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-31555
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 68054
- **Publication date:** 1999-12-06
- **Effective date:** 2000-01-05
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 990720198-9307-02
## Abstract

NMFS issues a regulatory amendment that separates shortraker and rougheye (SR/RE) rockfish from the aggregated rockfish species group for purposes of calculating maximum retainable bycatch (MRB) and reduces the percentages for SR/RE rockfish in the Eastern Regulatory Area (ERA) of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish fisheries. This action is necessary to slow the harvest rate of SR/RE thereby reducing the potential for overfishing. This action is intended to further the objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/12/06/99-31555/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-maximum-retainable-bycatch-percentages-gulf-of)
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