# 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
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; closure. · Published 2016-02-08 · Effective 2016-02-03 · 81 FR 6459
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-02391
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 6459
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/02/08/2016-02391/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-directed-fishing-with-trawl-gear-by-fisheries)
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