NMFS Prohibits Trawl Gear Fishing in Gulf of Alaska to Prevent Exceeding Pacific Halibut Catch Limit

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has closed directed fishing for groundfish by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska, except for pollock fishing using pelagic trawl gear, to prevent exceeding the 2007 Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limit