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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BN82 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: ●Pacific Island Fisheries; 2026-2029 Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures for Main Hawaiian Islands Uku (Gray Jobfish) 
Abstract:

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.

 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  09/00/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Sarah Malloy
Acting Regional Administrator, Pacific Islands Region
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176,
Honolulu, HI 96818
Phone:808 725-5000
Email: sarah.malloy@noaa.gov