# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Yellowfin Sole by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
> **Rule** · Closure. · Published 1999-10-20 · Effective 1999-10-15 · 64 FR 56474
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-27380
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** yellowfin
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 56474
- **Publication date:** 1999-10-20
- **Effective date:** 1999-10-15
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 990304063-9063-01
## Abstract

NMFS is closing directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 1999 halibut bycatch mortality allowance specified for the trawl yellowfin sole fishery category.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/10/20/99-27380/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-yellowfin-sole-by-vessels-using-trawl-gear-in)
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