# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the Herring Savings Areas of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; closure. · Published 2020-06-10 · Effective 2020-06-15 · 85 FR 35381
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-12566
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** pollock
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 35381
- **Publication date:** 2020-06-10
- **Effective date:** 2020-06-15
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 200227-0066
## Abstract

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by vessels using trawl gear in the Herring Savings Areas of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2020 herring bycatch allowance specified for the midwater trawl pollock fishery in the BSAI. This action includes prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by vessels participating in the Community Development Quota Program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/06/10/2020-12566/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pollock-in-the-herring-savings-areas-of-the)
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