NMFS Prohibits Pacific Ocean Perch Fishing in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has prohibited directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Western Aleutian district of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area due to the risk of exceeding the 2021 total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access sector fishery.