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INFORMATION BULLETIN 03-102 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 December 24, 2003 11:45 a.m. NMFS CLOSES THE CDQ DIRECTED FISHERY FOR RESERVE AMOUNTS OF SHORTRAKER/ROUGHEYE AND NORTHERN ROCKFISH IN THE BERING SEA SUBAREA AND "OTHER SPECIES" IN THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Community Development Quota (CDQ) reserve amounts of shortraker/rougheye rockfish and northern rockfish in the Bering Sea subarea and "other species" in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI), effective 0001 hrs, Alaska local time, January 1, 2004, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2004 interim CDQ reserve amounts of shortraker/rougheye rockfish and northern rockfish in the Bering Sea subarea and "other species" in the BSAI and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(d)(1)(iii). After the effective date of this closure the maximum retainable amounts at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time during a trip. This information bulletin only provides notice of a regulatory change. For the purposes of complying with the regulatory change, you are advised to see the actual text of the regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations.

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