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Information Bulletin 05-47
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228
June 30, 2005
3:30 p.m.

NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Other Flatfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for "other flatfish" in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, July 6, 2005, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2005 total allowable catch of "other flatfish" in the BSAI 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.

"Other flatfish" consists of all flatfish species, except for Pacific halibut, flathead sole, Greenland turbot, rock sole, yellowfin sole, arrowtooth flounder, and Alaska plaice.

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.

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