INFORMATION BULLETIN (01-85)          September 7, 2001     
 Sustainable Fisheries Division        2:00 p.m.            
 907-586-7228                         


              NMFS PROHIBITS DIRECTED FISHING FOR 
     POLLOCK IN STATISTICAL AREA 630 IN THE GULF OF ALASKA
                                
                                
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting
directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 (between
147 and 154 degrees W. longitudes) in the Gulf of Alaska
(GOA), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, September 10,
2001, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska
Region, NMFS.

This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the C season
allowance of the pollock total allowable catch in this area. 
This action is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(d)(1)(iii).

After the effective date of this closure the maximum
retainable bycatch amounts at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f) apply
at any time during a trip. 

This information bulletin only provides notice of a regulatory
change.  For the purposes of complying with the regulatory
change, you are advised to see the actual text of the
regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations.