NMFS is closing directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl gear in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 (Zone 1) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 1997 bycatch allowance of C. bairdi Tanner crab apportioned to the trawl yellowfin sole fishery category in Zone 1 of the BSAI.