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Information Bulletin 05-40
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228
May 6, 2005
12:00 p.m.

NMFS Prohibits Retention of Alaska Plaice in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting retention of Alaska plaice in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, May 9, 2005, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

This action is necessary because the Alaska plaice total allowable catch in the BSAI has been reached and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(d)(2).

NMFS is requiring that catches of Alaska plaice in this 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.
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