Pacific Island Fisheries; Annual Catch Limit and Accountability Measures; Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish for Fishing Years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027

Document 2026-07706 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Commerce in the Federal Register on April 21, 2026, with an effective date of May 21, 2026. In this final rule, NMFS implements an annual catch limit (ACL) of 493,000 pounds (lb) (223,621 kilograms (kg)) of Deep 7 bottomfish in the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) for fishing years 2025- 2026 and 2026-2027. The fishing year begins on September 1 and ends on August 31 of the following year. This rule maintains current accountability measures (AM) requiring the fishery to close for the remainder of the fishing year if the ACL is reached, and a reduction in the following year's ACL if it is exceeded. This final rule supports the long-term sustainability of the Deep 7 bottomfish fishery. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/21/2026-07706/pacific-island-fisheries-annual-catch-limit-and-accountability-measures-main-hawaiian-islands-deep-7.

No. Document 2026-07706 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.