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OPTIMUM YIELD AND OTHER SPECIFICATIONS, INCLUDING AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR JOINT VENTURE 



PROCESSING: NORTH ATLANTIC, BY SPECIES, 1996 (1) 



Item 



Loligo 

 squid 



Illex 



squid 



Atlantic 

 mackerel 



Butter- 

 fish 



Atlantic 

 herring 



-Metric tons, round weiqht - 



Maximum OY . 



ABC 



Initial OY. 



DAH . . . 

 DAP. 

 JVP. 



TALFF. 



(2) 30,000 



(5) 30,000 



21,000 



21,000 



21,000 











(3) 



(5) 1,175,500 



105,500 



(6) 105,500 

 50,000 

 35,000 







(1) OY=Optimum Yield; ABC=Allowable Biological Catch; DAH=Domestic Annual Harvest; DAP=Domestic 



Annual Processing; JVP=Joint Venture Processing; and TALFF=Total Allowable Level of Foreign 

 Fishing . 



(2) Maximum OY based on the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid and Butterfish. 



(3) Not applicable based on the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid and 



Butterfish . 



(4) Maximum OY based on the Preliminary Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Herring. 



(5) Initial OY can increase to this amount. 



(6) Contains 20,500 metric tons projected recreational catch. 



Source: — NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, F/SF; and NMFS, Northeast Region, F/NER. 



