# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
> **US Department of Commerce** · Closure. · Published 1997-03-20 · 62 FR 13352
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-7028
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Commerce
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 13352
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 679
- **Publication date:** 1997-03-20
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 961107312-7021-02
## Abstract

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 1997 total allowable catch (TAC) of Atka mackerel in this area.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/03/20/97-7028/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-atka-mackerel-in-the-central-aleutian-district)
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