NMFS Prohibits Retention of Pacific Ocean Perch in Western Aleutian District of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting the retention of Pacific ocean perch in the Western Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, requiring catch to be discarded at sea with minimal injury, due to the 1999 total allowable catch limit being reached.