Northern Rockfish directed fishery closure

From the Federal Register Online via the GPO
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Northern
Rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for northern rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2009 total allowable catch (TAC) of northern rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.

Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 9, 2009, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2009.

Read the entire announcement at the Federal Register.