Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 00-27 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
February 25, 2000 1:15 p.m. |
NMFS Closes Mothership Component Pollockin Steller Sea Lion Critical Habitat The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by vessels catching pollock for processing by the mothership component in the Steller sea lion conservation area (SCA) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, February 28, 2000, according to Steven Pennoyer, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |