This Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) evaluates the impacts of the Crab Rationalization Program for the king and Tanner fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands on small entities. The proposed rule for the Crab Rationalization Program was published in the Federal Register on October 29, 2004 (69 FR 63200). An Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) was prepared for the proposed rule, and described in the classification section of the preamble to the rule. The public comment period ended on December 13, 2004. NMFS received three comments on the IRFA. This FRFA addresses the statutory requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) of 1980, as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 601-612).

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