# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Yellowfin Sole by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1
> **Rule** · Closure. · Published 1997-05-19 · Effective 1997-05-13 · 62 FR 27210
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-12987
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Species:** yellowfin
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 27210
- **Publication date:** 1997-05-19
- **Effective date:** 1997-05-13
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 961107312-7021-02
## Abstract

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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/05/19/97-12987/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-yellowfin-sole-by-vessels-using-trawl-gear-in)
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