Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Directed Fishing With Trawl Gear by Fisheries Act Catcher Processors in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
other · north pacific · Published 2016-02-08 · Effective 2016-02-03 · 81 FR 6459
Document
Document number
2016-02391
Federal Register citation
81 FR 6459
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; closure.
Category
other
Region
north pacific
Publication date
2016-02-08
Effective date
2016-02-03
NOAA docket
Docket No. 141021887-5172-02
Abstract
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing with trawl gear, other than pelagic trawl gear for walleye pollock, by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher processors in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the sideboard limit of the 2016 bycatch allowance of red king crab in Zone 1 specified for AFA trawl catcher processors in the BSAI.