NMFS Amends Regulations to Reduce Salmon Bycatch in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has amended regulations to exempt certain vessels from salmon bycatch closures in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, in an effort to reduce bycatch and promote the goals of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.