# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Delay of the Pollock Season
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 1996-07-30 · Effective 1996-08-15 · 61 FR 39601
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-19334
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Species:** pollock
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 39601
- **Publication date:** 1996-07-30
- **Effective date:** 1996-08-15
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No.
## Abstract

NMFS is delaying from August 15 to September 1 of each fishing year, the opening of the second (non-roe) directed fishing season for pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). NMFS is also prohibiting vessels from participating in the directed pollock fishery for 7 days after the September 1 opening if the vessel participated in any of the directed groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) or in the BSAI during any portion of the 7-day period prior to the September 1 opening. This action is necessary to allow some pollock processor vessels and shoreside processing plants to more fully realize potential salmon processing opportunities, particularly for late-run pink salmon. This action is intended to further the objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island Area (FMP).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/07/30/96-19334/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-delay-of-the-pollock-season)
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