# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Northern Rockfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; modification of closure. · Published 2016-04-04 · Effective 2016-03-30 · 81 FR 19058
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-07613
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** rockfish
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 19058
- **Publication date:** 2016-04-04
- **Effective date:** 2016-03-30
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 150916863-6211-02
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for northern rockfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2016 total allowable catch (TAC) of northern rockfish in the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/04/04/2016-07613/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-northern-rockfish-in-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian)
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