The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting retention of blackspotted and rougheye rockfish in the Central Aleutian Islands and Western Aleutian Islands districts of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, August 20, 2020, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.
This action is necessary because the 2020 total allowable catch of blackspotted and rougheye rockfish in the Central Aleutian Islands and Western Aleutian Islands districts of the BSAI have been reached and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(d)(2).
NMFS is requiring that blackspotted and rougheye rockfish in the Central Aleutian Islands and Western Aleutian Islands districts of the BSAI be treated in the same manner as a prohibited species, as described under § 679.21(a), for the remainder of the year, except blackspotted and rougheye rockfish species in the Central Aleutian Islands and Western Aleutian Islands districts of the BSAI caught by catcher vessels using hook-and-line, pot, or jig gear as described in § 679.20(j).
This information bulletin only provides notice of a fishery management action. For the purposes of complying with any requirements of this action, you are advised to see the actual text of the action in the Federal Register.
