# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Sablefish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; closure. · Published 2019-01-14 · Effective 2019-01-20 · 84 FR 117
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-00061
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** sablefish
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 117
- **Publication date:** 2019-01-14
- **Effective date:** 2019-01-20
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 170817779-8161-02
## Abstract

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for sablefish by vessel using trawl gear in the Bering Sea subarea and the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2019 sablefish initial total allowable catch allocations to vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea subarea and the Aleutian Islands subarea of the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/01/14/2019-00061/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-sablefish-in-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands)
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