Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 02-17 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
February 20, 2002 3:00 p.m. |
NMFS Closes the Directed Fishing for Rock Sole/Flathead Sole/ by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 of the BSAI The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing directed fishing for rock sole/flathead sole/"other flatfish" by vessels using trawl gear in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, February 22, 2002, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |