# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Kamchatka Flounder in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; closure. · Published 2017-08-04 · Effective 2017-08-01 · 82 FR 36348
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-16449
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** flounder
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 36348
- **Publication date:** 2017-08-04
- **Effective date:** 2017-08-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 161020985-7181-02
## Abstract

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Kamchatka flounder in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2017 Kamchatka flounder initial total allowable catch (ITAC) in the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/04/2017-16449/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-kamchatka-flounder-in-the-bering-sea-and)
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