NMFS Opens Directed Fishing for Atka Mackerel in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is allowing vessels participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands trawl limited access fishery to catch Atka mackerel in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea, in order to utilize the full 2008 total allowable catch quota for this species in these areas.