INFORMATION BULLETIN (01-75)         August 3, 2001      
 Sustainable Fisheries Division       4:15 p.m.              
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         NMFS PROHIBITS RETENTION OF "OTHER ROCKFISH" 
     IN THE WESTERN REGULATORY AREA OF THE GULF OF ALASKA 


The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting
retention of "other rockfish" in the Western Regulatory Area
(Statistical Area 610, between 159 degrees and 170 degrees W.
longitudes) of the Gulf of Alaska, effective 12 noon, Alaska
local time, August 8, 2001, according to James W. Balsiger,
Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

This action is necessary because the amount of the 2001 total
allowable catch of "other rockfish" in this area has been
achieved and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(d)(2). 
"Other rockfish" in the Western Regulatory Area means slope
rockfish and demersal shelf rockfish. 

NMFS is requiring that catches of "other rockfish" in this
regulatory area be treated in the same manner as prohibited
species and discarded at sea with a minimum of injury. 

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.