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

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has prohibited directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Bering Sea subarea and Eastern Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area due to the risk of exceeding the 2021 total allowable catch allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access sector fishery.