NMFS announces that the percentage of the tilefish annual total allowable landing (TAL) available to the Part-time category has been harvested. Commercial vessels fishing under the Part-time tilefish category may not harvest tilefish from within the golden tilefish management unit for the remainder of the 2002 fishing year (through October 31, 2002). Regulations governing the tilefish fishery require publication of this notification to advise the public of this closure.