50 CFR § 665.408 - CNMI Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and Annual Catch Targets (ACT).
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s665.408"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 665.408 - CNMI Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and Annual Catch Targets (ACT)."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "665.408"
section_name: "CNMI Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and Annual Catch Targets (ACT)."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "665"
part_name: "FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 1801"
regulatory_source: "75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "665"
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# 665.408 CNMI Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and Annual Catch Targets (ACT).
(a) In accordance with § 665.4, the ACL and ACT for Mariana bottomfish MUS in the CNMI Management Subarea for each fishing year are as follows:
Table 1 to Paragraph **(a)**
| | 2024 | 2025 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACL (lb) | 82,000 | 82,000 |
| ACT (lb) | 75,000 | 75,000 |
(b) If the average catch of the three most recent years exceeds 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 in a separate rulemaking.
[87 FR 9272, Feb. 18, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 61357, July 31, 2024]