Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Trawl Gear in the Gulf of Alaska
bis-export-control · Bureau of Industry and Security · Published 1996-12-05 · 61 FR 64487
Document
Document number
96-30969
Federal Register citation
61 FR 64487
CFR reference
50 CFR 679
Type
Rule
Action
Closure.
Category
bis-export-control
Sub-agency
Bureau of Industry and Security
Publication date
1996-12-05
Commerce docket
Docket No. 960129018-6018-01
Abstract
NMFS is closing the directed fishery for groundfish by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), except for directed fishing for pollock by vessels using pelagic trawl gear in those portions of the GOA that remain open to directed fishing for pollock. This action is necessary because the 1996 Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) limit for trawl gear in the GOA has been caught.