NMFS Closes Yellowfin Sole Fishery in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing the directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area due to the risk of exceeding the 1998 Pacific halibut bycatch allowance for the trawl yellowfin sole fishery.