Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 01-11 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
February 12, 2001 1:15 p.m. |
NMFS Prohibiting Trawling within Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas in the Western Aleutian District of the BSAI The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting trawling within Steller sea lion protection areas in the Western Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, February 13, until the directed fishery for Atka mackerel closes within the entire Western Aleutian District, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |