0648-BN82 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Pacific Island Fisheries; 2026-2029 Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures for Main Hawaiian Islands Uku (Gray Jobfish)

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes 2026-2029 annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) uku (gray jobfish) This action would also propose to remove a current in-season AM that depends on highly uncertain non-commercial catch estimates and maintain only the current post-season AM based on a three-year average of catches. As a post-season AM, if the average total commercial and non-commercial catch from the most recent three years exceeded the ACL, we would reduce the ACL for the following year by an amount equal to the overage. A 2024 stock assessment update indicates the MHI uku stock is neither overfished nor experiencing overfishing, biomass is almost three times the minimum stock size threshold, and sustainable catch is roughly 100,000 lb (45.4 mt) higher than the current 2022-2025 295,419 lb (134.00 mt) ACL.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 50 CFR 665 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. No NPRM 09/00/2025 No None No No No No Sarah Malloy Acting Regional Administrator, Pacific Islands Region 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 808 725-5000 sarah.malloy@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu HI 96818