Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 05-2 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
January 13, 2005 10:45 a.m. |
NMFS Closes the Atka Mackerel Fishery with Gears other than Jigin the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea Subarea The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel with gears other than jig in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, January 20 2004, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |