# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Yellowfin Sole by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
> **Bureau of Industry and Security** · Closure. · Published 1996-10-07 · 61 FR 52385
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-25641
- **Category:** bis-export-control
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Industry and Security
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 52385
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 679
- **Publication date:** 1996-10-07
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 960129019-6019-01
## Abstract

NMFS is closing the directed fishery for yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 1996 bycatch mortality allowance of Pacific halibut apportioned to the trawl yellowfin sole fishery in the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/10/07/96-25641/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-yellowfin-sole-by-vessels-using-trawl-gear-in)
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