# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the Herring Savings Areas of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; closure. · Published 2012-10-04 · Effective 2012-10-01 · 77 FR 60649
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-24517
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** pollock
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 60649
- **Publication date:** 2012-10-04
- **Effective date:** 2012-10-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 111207737-2141-02
## Abstract

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by vessels using trawl gear in the Winter Herring Savings Area of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 herring bycatch allowance specified for the midwater trawl pollock fishery in the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/10/04/2012-24517/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pollock-in-the-herring-savings-areas-of-the)
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