# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Yellowfin Sole by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
> **Bureau of Industry and Security** · Closure. · Published 1997-03-27 · 62 FR 14651
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-7715
- **Category:** bis-export-control
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Industry and Security
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 14651
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 679
- **Publication date:** 1997-03-27
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 961107312-7021-02
## Abstract

NMFS is closing directed fishing 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 first seasonal apportionment of the 1997 Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the trawl yellowfin sole fishery category.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/03/27/97-7715/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-yellowfin-sole-by-vessels-using-trawl-gear-in)
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