NMFS Prohibits Atka Mackerel Fishing with Gears Other Than Jig in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is restricting fishing for Atka mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area to prevent exceeding the 2005 total allowable catch limit, and is also setting dates for the first and second directed fisheries within the harvest limit area.