Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Trawl Gear Rockfish Fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
bis-export-control · Bureau of Industry and Security · Published 1996-10-15 · 61 FR 53679
Document
Document number
96-26312
Federal Register citation
61 FR 53679
CFR reference
50 CFR 679
Type
Rule
Action
Closure.
Category
bis-export-control
Sub-agency
Bureau of Industry and Security
Publication date
1996-10-15
Commerce docket
Docket No. 960129019-6019-01
Abstract
NMFS is closing the directed fishery for rockfish species of the genera Sebastes and Sebastolobus by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 1996 Pacific halibut bycatch mortality allowance apportioned to the trawl rockfish fishery in the BSAI.