NMFS Opens Directed Fishing for Atka Mackerel in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is allowing vessels participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands trawl limited access fishery to catch Atka mackerel in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, in order to utilize the full 2009 total allowable catch quota.