INFORMATION BULLETIN (04-46)                                                        June 2, 2004    
 Sustainable Fisheries Division                                                      1:30 p.m.             
 907-586-7228                         


              NMFS PROHIBITS DIRECTED FISHING FOR 
     YELLOWFIN SOLE IN THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for yellowfin sole
in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI), effective 12 noon, Alaska local
time, June 4, 2004, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.
                    
This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2004 yellowfin sole total allowable catch
specified for this area and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(d)(1)(iii).

After the effective date of this closure the maximum retainable 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 in the Code of
Federal Regulations.