North Pacific Fishery Management Council Submits Amendment 118 to Regulate Halibut Fishing in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 118 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, which aims to promote the goals of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act by regulating halibut fishing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.