# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program; Amendment 27
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2009-05-28 · Effective 2009-06-29 · 74 FR 25449
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-12430
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** crab
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 25449
- **Publication date:** 2009-05-28
- **Effective date:** 2009-06-29
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 080416577-9898-03
## Abstract

NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 27 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (FMP). These regulations amend the Crab Rationalization Program to: implement the statutory requirements of section 122(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act that specifically directs NMFS to modify how individual processing quota (IPQ) use caps apply to a person who is custom processing Chionoecetes opilio crab in the North Region; clarify that for other crab fisheries, IPQ crab that is processed at a facility through contractual arrangements with the facility owners will not be applied against the IPQ use cap of the facility owners provided specific conditions are met; and modify IPQ use caps that limit the amount of IPQ that may be used at a facility by persons processing Eastern Aleutian Islands golden king crab and Western Aleutian Islands red king crab. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable law.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/05/28/E9-12430/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-crab)
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