NMFS Prohibits Fishing for Atka Mackerel with Non-Jig Gear in Alaska

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has prohibited directed fishing for Atka mackerel using gear other than jig in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, in order to prevent exceeding the 2007 total allowable catch limit for this fishery.