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Information Bulletin 09-47
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228
April 6, 2009
12:00 p.m.

NMFS Opens Directed Fishing for Pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is opening directed fishing for pollock in the West Yakutat District (Statistical Area 640, between 140 degrees and 147 degrees W. longitudes) of the Gulf of Alaska, effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 8, 2009, according to Robert D. Mecum, Acting Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

This action is necessary to fully use the 2009 total allowable catch of pollock specified for the West Yakutat District. Other closures remain in full force and effect.

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 of the regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations.

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