# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reclassifying Sculpin Species in the Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2020-07-10 · Effective 2020-08-10 · 85 FR 41427
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-14856
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 41427
- **Publication date:** 2020-07-10
- **Effective date:** 2020-08-10
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 200702-0176
## Abstract

NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 121 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Management Area (BSAI FMP) and Amendment 110 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) (GOA FMP), collectively referred to as Amendments 121/110. This final rule prohibits directed fishing for sculpins by federally permitted groundfish fishermen and specifies a sculpin retention limit in the GOA and BSAI groundfish fisheries. This action is necessary to properly classify sculpins in the BSAI and GOA FMPs. This final rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), Amendments 121/ 110, the BSAI and GOA FMPs, and other applicable laws.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/10/2020-14856/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-reclassifying-sculpin-species-in-the-groundfish)
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