The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is opening directed fishing for Greenland turbot for vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea subarea in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time, November 29, 2006, according to Robert D. Mecum, Acting Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.
This action is necessary to fully use the 2006 total allowable catch of Greenland turbot for vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea subarea in the BSAI. Other closures remain in full force and effect.
This information bulletin only provides notice of a regulatory change. For the purposes of complying with the regulatory change, you are advised to see the actual text of the regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations.
IB 06-110: NMFS Opens Directed Fishing for Greenland Turbot for Vessels Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Bering Sea Subarea in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
November 27, 2006 - 3:00 p.m.
Notice of a fishery management action.
