# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Other Nontrawl Fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
> **Rule** · Closure. · Published 1999-05-19 · Effective 1999-05-15 · 64 FR 27208
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-12580
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 27208
- **Publication date:** 1999-05-19
- **Effective date:** 1999-05-15
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 990304063-9063-01
## Abstract

NMFS is closing directed fishing for each species and species group of groundfish in the other nontrawl fishery category in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the first seasonal apportionment of the 1999 Pacific halibut bycatch mortality allowance specified for the other nontrawl fishery category in the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/05/19/99-12580/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-other-nontrawl-fisheries-in-the-bering-sea-and)
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