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Information Bulletin 07-21
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228
February 15, 2007
12:00 p.m.

NMFS Closes Directed Fishing for Species in the Rock Sole/Flathead Sole/"Other Flatfish" Fishery Category By Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing directed fishing for the rock sole, flathead sole, and "other flatfish" fishery category by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, February 17, 2007, according to Robert D. Mecum, Acting Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the first seasonal allowance of the 2007 halibut bycatch allowance specified for the trawl rock sole/flathead sole/"other flatfish" fishery category in the BSAI and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.21(e)(7)(v). "Other flatfish" includes Alaska plaice, as well as all other flatfish species except for Pacific halibut (a prohibited species), Greenland turbot, rock sole, yellowfin sole, flathead sole, and arrowtooth flounder.

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.

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