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INFORMATION BULLETIN #00-104
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228 		December 29, 2000
2:00 p.m.


NMFS CLOSES SPECIFIED FISHERIES IN THE GULF OF ALASKA

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing specified fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), effective 0001, Alaska local time, January 1, 2001, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

NMFS is closing directed fishing for: 
Thornyhead rockfish                    entire GOA
Atka mackerel                          entire GOA
Sablefish                              entire GOA
Shortraker/rougheye rockfish           entire GOA
"Other rockfish"                       Western and Central Regulatory Areas
Deep-water flatfish                    Western Regulatory Area
Pollock, offshore component            entire GOA
Pacific cod, 
  offshore component                   Eastern Regulatory Area
  offshore component                   Western Regulatory Area
These actions are necessary to prevent exceeding the amounts of groundfish available for harvest on January 1, 2001, as specified by section 209(c)(3) of Public Law 106-554.

As of the effective date of this closure, the maximum retainable bycatch amounts at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time during a trip.

These closures are in effect for the 2001 fishing year until further notice.












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