# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Fisheries by Vessels using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Gulf of Alaska
> **Rule** · Closure. · Published 2000-03-14 · Effective 2000-03-09 · 65 FR 13698
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-6194
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 13698
- **Publication date:** 2000-03-14
- **Effective date:** 2000-03-09
## Abstract

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for groundfish by vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), except for sablefish or demersal shelf rockfish. This action is necessary because the first seasonal bycatch mortality allowance of Pacific halibut apportioned to hook-and-line gear targeting groundfish other than sablefish or demersal shelf rockfish in the GOA has been caught.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/03/14/00-6194/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-groundfish-fisheries-by-vessels-using)
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