NMFS Issues Interim Final Rule to Protect Steller Sea Lions in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fisheries

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued an interim final rule to implement measures to protect Steller sea lions in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries off Alaska, in accordance with the Endangered Species Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.