NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pelagic Shelf Rockfish in Western Regulatory Area of Gulf of Alaska

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has prohibited directed fishing for pelagic shelf rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska to prevent exceeding the 2010 sideboard limits for limited access and opt-out fisheries participating in the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program.