Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 04-11 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
January 29, 2004 2:00 p.m. |
NMFS Closes The Atka Mackerel FisheryIn Area 543 Harvest Limit Area The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is rescinding the previously announced (69 FR 2850, January 21, 2004) February 2, 2004, closure for this fishery and is establishing a revised date for the prohibition of the first directed fishery for Atka Mackerel within the harvest limit area (HLA) in Statistical Area 543 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area as 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 30, 2004, based, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |