Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 01-79 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
August 29, 2001 2:15 p.m. |
NMFS Closes the Atka Mackerel Fishery with Gears Other Than Jig Gear in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea Subarea The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for groundfish by vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) except for sablefish and demersal shelf rockfish in the Southeast Outside District, effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 4, 2001, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |