Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Amendment 51 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and Amendment 51 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

Summary

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted two amendments to fishery management plans for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and the Gulf of Alaska. The amendments, known as Amendment 51, would establish management measures for a 3-year period starting in January 1999, and the public is invited to provide comments.