NMFS Closes Pollock Fishing in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to Prevent Overfishing

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing directed fishing for pollock by trawl vessels using nonpelagic trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area due to the risk of exceeding the 1997 Pacific halibut bycatch allowance. This decision aims to prevent overfishing in the trawl pollock/Atka mackerel/other species fishery category.