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Information Bulletin 99-64
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228
July 8, 1999
3:10 p.m.

NMFS Closes the Pacific OceanPerch Fishery in the Eastern Aleutian District

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Eastern Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, July 10, 1999, according to Steven Pennoyer, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

The Eastern Aleutian District consists of Statistical area 541-south of 55 degrees N. latitude and between 170 degrees W. longitude and 177 degrees W. longitude.

This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 1999 total allowable catch of Pacific ocean perch 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 bycatch amounts at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time during a trip.

This information bulletin provides notice that a regulatory change has occurred. Do not rely upon it to guide you in complying with the regulatory change.
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