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INFORMATION BULLETIN 02-80 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 Septemeber 24, 2002 10:45 a.m. NMFS CLOSES THE ATKA MACKEREL FISHERY IN THE WESTERN ALEUTIAN DISTRICT The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Western Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, September 26, 2002, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2002 Atka mackerel total allowable catch specified for the Western Aleutian District and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(d)(1)(iii). After the effective date of this closure the maximum retainable bycatch amounts at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time during a trip. 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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