NMFS Closes Directed Fishing for Atka Mackerel in Aleutian Islands Subarea

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has closed directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) to prevent overfishing of the sharpchin/northern rockfish species group, effective immediately.