Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 01-15 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
February 23, 2001 5:00 p.m. |
NMFS Closing Hook-and-Line Gear in the GOA The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for groundfish by vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) except for sablefish and demersal shelf rockfish in the Southeast Outside District, effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 26, 2001, until 1200 hrs, A.l.t., May 17, 2001, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |