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2012 DEMERSAL SHELF ROCKFISH FISHERY ANNOUNCEMENT
« on: February 28, 2012, 06:34:58 PM »
2012 DEMERSAL SHELF ROCKFISH FISHERY ANNOUNCEMENT

Sitka. . . The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced today that the directed fishery for demersal shelf rockfish (DSR) will close in the Central Southeast Outside (CSEO) Section at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. The allocation for the directed DSR fishery in CSEO is 86,436 round lb (39.2 mt). A total of 59,000 round lb have been landed in the fishery and it is estimated that the remainder of the allocation will be taken at the time of the closure.

The directed DSR fishery remains open in the East Yakutat (EYKT) and Southern Southeast Outside (SSEO) Sections and the Northern Southeast Inside (NSEI) and Southern Southeast Inside (SSEI) Subdistricts. These areas will remain open until allocations are taken or until 4:00 p.m. on March 16, 2012, whichever occurs first. Catch and effort will be closely monitored and area closures may occur on short notice. Closures will be announced by news release and on the United States Coast Guard “Notice to Mariners” report and the National Weather Service broadcast. Updates of area closures will also be available on the Groundfish Hotline at (907) 747-4882.

For additional information regarding the 2012 directed DSR fishery, refer to the ADF&G news releases issued on December 30, 2011 and January 27, 2012.

The emergency order corresponding with this announcement is EO 1G0412.
News releases web site: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=cfnews.main.
Office Ketchikan Petersburg Wrangell Sitka Juneau Haines Yakutat
ADFG 225-5195 772-3801 874-3822 747-6688 465-4250 766-2830 784-3255
AWT 225-5111 772-3983 874-3215 747-3254 465-4000 766-2533 784-3220

 

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