# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Offshore Component Pollock in the Aleutian Islands Subarea
> **US Department of Commerce** · Modification of a closure; inseason adjustment. · Published 1997-03-03 · Effective 1997-02-26 · 62 FR 9379
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-5170
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Commerce
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 9379
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 679
- **Publication date:** 1997-03-03
- **Effective date:** 1997-02-26
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 961107312-7021-02
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock by vessels catching pollock for processing by the offshore component in the Aleutian Islands subarea (AI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully utilize the total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock in that area.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/03/03/97-5170/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-offshore-component-pollock-in-the-aleutian)
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