The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for pelagic shelf rockfish in the West Yakutat District (Statistical Area 640, between 140 degrees and 147 degrees W. longitude) of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, July 20, 2007, according to Robert D. Mecum, Acting Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.
This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2007 total allowable catch of pelagic shelf rockfish in the West Yakutat District of the GOA and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(d)(1)(iii).
After the effective date of this closure the maximum retainable amounts at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time during a trip.
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 in the Code of Federal Regulations.
IB 07-66: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pelagic Shelf Rockfish in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska
July 18, 2007 - 9:30 a.m.
Notice of a fishery management action.
