# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revise Maximum Retainable Amounts of Groundfish Using Arrowtooth Flounder as a Basis Species in the Gulf of Alaska
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2009-03-27 · Effective 2009-03-27 · 74 FR 13348
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-6892
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** flounder
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 13348
- **Publication date:** 2009-03-27
- **Effective date:** 2009-03-27
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 080103016-9316-02
## Abstract

NMFS issues a regulation to revise the maximum retainable amounts (MRAs) of groundfish using arrowtooth flounder as a basis species in the Gulf of Alaska. This action increases the MRAs from 0 percent to 20 percent for deep-water flatfish, rex sole, flathead sole, shallow-water flatfish, Atka mackerel, and skates; from 0 percent to 5 percent for aggregated rockfish; and from 0 percent to 1 percent for sablefish. The intended effect of this action is to reduce regulatory discards of otherwise marketable groundfish in the arrowtooth flounder fishery. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, and other applicable law.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/03/27/E9-6892/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-revise-maximum-retainable-amounts-of-groundfish)
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