NMFS Prohibits Retention of Sharpchin and Northern Rockfish in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has prohibited the retention of sharpchin and northern rockfish in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, requiring catch to be discarded at sea with minimal injury, due to the 2000 total allowable catch limit being reached.