NMFS Closes Pollock Trawl Fishery in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing the directed fishery for pollock caught by trawl vessels using nonpelagic trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area due to concerns about exceeding the bycatch allowance for halibut, a key species in the trawl pollock/Atka mackerel/other species fishery category.