Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 00-32 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
March 7, 2000 3:35 p.m. |
NMFS Closes Hook-and-Line Gearin the GOA 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, effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 9, 2000, until 1200 hrs, A.l.t., May 18, 2000, according to Steven Pennoyer, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |