Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 04-69 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
August 18, 2004 12:00 p.m. |
NMFS Closes the Atka Mackerel Fishery With Gears Other Than Jigin the Easter 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, September 1, 2004, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |