§ 665.253 - Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and Annual Catch Targets (ACT).

§ 665.253 Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and Annual Catch Targets (ACT).

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 37986, May 7, 2024.

(a) Deepwater Shrimp.

(1) In accordance with § 665.4, the ACLs for each fishing year are as follows:

Table 1 to Paragraph (a)(1)

Fishing year	2022	2023	2024	2025
ACL (lb)	250,773	250,773	250,773	250,773

(2) If the average catch of the three most recent years of deepwater shrimp exceeds the specified ACL in a fishing year, the Regional Administrator will reduce the ACL for the subsequent year by the amount of the overage.

(b) MHI Kona crab.

(1) In accordance with § 665.4, the ACLs and ACTs for each fishing year are as follows:

Table 2 1 to paragraph Paragraph (b)(1)

Fishing year	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
ACL (lb)	30,802	30,802	30,802	30,802
ACT (lb)	25,491	25,491	25,491	25,491

(2) When the ACT is projected to be reached based on analyses of available information, the Regional Administrator shall publish a document to that effect in the Federal Register and shall use other means to notify affected fishermen. The document will include an advisement that the fishery will be closed beginning on a specified date, which is not earlier than 7 days after the date of filing the closure notice for public inspection at the Office of the Federal Register, until the end of the fishing year in which the ACL is reached.

(3) On and after the date specified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, no person may fish for, possess, sell, or offer for sale any Kona crab from a closed fishery in the Federal waters of the MHI, except as otherwise allowed in this section.

(4) If landings exceed 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.

[85 FR 79929, Dec. 11, 2020, as amended at 88 FR 14082, Mar. 7, 2023; 89 FR 37986, May 7, 2024]