# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Demersal Shelf Rockfish in the Western, Central, and West Yakutat Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; closure. · Published 2025-12-05 · Effective 2025-12-04 · 90 FR 56064
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-22141
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** rockfish
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 56064
- **Publication date:** 2025-12-05
- **Effective date:** 2025-12-04
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 250312-0037
## Abstract

NMFS is prohibiting retention of demersal shelf rockfish in the Western, Central, and West Yakutat Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2025 total allowable catch (TAC) of demersal shelf rockfish in the Western, Central, and West Yakutat Regulatory Areas of the GOA has been or will be reached.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22141/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-demersal-shelf-rockfish-in-the-western-central)
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