# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Trawl Sablefish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; modification of closure. · Published 2023-04-28 · Effective 2023-05-01 · 88 FR 26232
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-09044
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** sablefish
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 26232
- **Publication date:** 2023-04-28
- **Effective date:** 2023-05-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 230306-0065
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for sablefish by vessels 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 fully use the 2023 total allowable catch (TAC) of trawl sablefish in the Bering Sea subarea and the Aleutian Islands subarea of the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/28/2023-09044/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-trawl-sablefish-in-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian)
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