2000 Trawl Gear - closed BSAI/GOA 1/1 to 1/20				"Updated 12/14/00, 2:11 p.m."		
Area			Date	Status	Reason	Note
BERING SEA						
	Other Rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
	Pacific Ocean Perch		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
	Other Red Rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
			28-Aug	PSC	TAC	#00-78
	Sablefish 		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
	Greenland Turbot		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
	Pollock - Inshore					
	     co-op vessels		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
	     co-op vessels	CH	8-Aug	Closed		#00-86
	     co-op vessels		1-Nov	Bycatch	Reg	
	     non co-op vessels		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
	     non co-op vessels		22-Feb	Bycatch	TAC	#00-22
	     non co-op vessels		10-Jun	Open	Reg	
	     non co-op vessels		29-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-69
	     non co-op vessels	SCA > 99 ft LOA	20-Jan	Open	Reg	
	     non co-op vessels	SCA > 99 ft LOA	30-Jan	Bycatch	TAC	#00-13
	     non co-op vessels	SCA > 99 ft LOA	10-Jun	Open	Reg	
	     non co-op vessels	SCA > 99 ft LOA	3-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-56
	     non co-op vessels	SCA all lengths	20-Jan	Open	Reg	
	     non co-op vessels	SCA all lengths	11-Feb	Bycatch	TAC	#00-17
	     non co-op vessels	SCA all lengths	10-Jun	Open	Reg	
	     non co-op vessels	SCA all lengths	3-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-56
	Pollock - AFA CP   		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
		SCA	10-Jun	Bycatch	Spec	
			1-Nov	Bycatch	Reg	
 	Pollock - AFA Mothership  		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
		SCA	28-Feb	Bycatch	TAC	#00-27
			1-Nov	Bycatch	Reg	
	Pollock - Incidental Catch  		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
						
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS						
	Other Rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
	"Pacific Ocean Perch, Eastern"		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	Open	Reg	
			9-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-58
	"Pacific Ocean Perch, Central"		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	Open	Reg	
			15-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-60
	"Pacific Ocean Perch, Western"		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	Open	Reg	
			21-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-62
	Sharpchin/Northern		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
			20-Sep	PSC	TAC	#00-87
	Shortraker/Rougheye 		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
	Atka Mackerel - Eastern  		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			29-Jan	Bycatch	TAC	#00-11
			1-Sep	Open	Reg	
			5-Sep	Bycatch	TAC	#00-84
	Atka Mackerel - Central 	CH	20-Jan	Open	Reg	
		CH	10-Feb	Closed	TAC	#00-15
		CH	23-Feb	Open	TAC	#00-24
		CH	26-Feb	Bycatch	TAC	#00-26
		Outside CH	20-Jan	Open	Reg	
		Outside CH	26-Feb	Bycatch	TAC	#00-26
		Outside CH	3-Apr	Open	TAC	#00-43
		Outside CH	15-Apr	Bycatch	Reg	
		Outside CH	1-Sep	Open	Reg	
	     non-CDQ		20-Sep	Bycatch	TAC	#00-85
	Atka Mackerel - Western 	CH	20-Jan	Open	Reg	
		CH	22-Mar	Closed	TAC	#00-37
		Outside CH	20-Jan	Open	Reg	
		Outside CH	15-Apr	Bycatch	Reg	
		Outside CH	1-Sep	Open	Reg	
	     non-CDQ		20-Sep	Bycatch	TAC	#00-85
	Sablefish 		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
	Greenland Turbot		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
	Pollock - Incidental Catch		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	 
	CH - Central	 	20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			10-Feb	Closed	TAC	#00-15
			23-Feb	Open	TAC	#00-24
			3-Apr	Closed	TAC	#00-43
	CH - Western	 	20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			22-Mar	Closed	TAC	#00-37
						
BERING SEA & ALEUTIANS						
	Arrowtooth Flounder          		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-149
	Rock Sole/Flathead Sole/Other Flatfish                         		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			4-Mar	Bycatch	HAL	#00-30
			1-Apr	Open	Spec	
			30-Apr	Bycatch	HAL	#00-47
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			25-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-77
	Other Species              		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
	Pacific Cod (Trawl - Catcher Processor)   		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
	Pacific Cod (Trawl - Catcher Vessel)   		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			24-Apr	Bycatch	TAC	#00-46
			1-Sep	Open	TAC	#00-82
	Pacific Cod (Trawl - Catcher Vessel) in CH 		14-Dec	Closed		#00-101
	Squid		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
	Yellowfin Sole                                		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
						
BOGOSLOF						
	Pollock - Incidental Catch		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	 
						
Closure Areas	512		1-Jan	closed		
	516		15-Mar	closed		
	516		15-Jun	open		
	CVOA			 679.22(a)(5)		
	Herring Savings Area			 679.21(e)(7)(vi)		
	Chinook Salmon Savings Area			see regulations 679.21(e)(7)(vii)		
	Chum Salmon Savings Area			"closed to trawl gear 8/1 to 8/31, 679.22(a)(10)"		
	Pribilof Islands Area Habitat Conservation Zone			closed to trawl gear		
	Red King Crab Savings Area			closed to nonpelagic trawl gear 		
	Red King Crab Savings Subarea			"open 1/20,  679.21(e)(7)(ii)(B)"		
	Nearshore Bristol Bay Trawl Closure Area			"closed to trawl gear, "		
				"except 4/1 to 6/15, 679.22(a)(9)"		
	C. opilio Crab Bycatch Limitation Zone			 679.21(e)(7)(iv)		
	Walrus Protection Areas			 679.22(a)(4)		
	Steller sea lion protection areas			" 679.22(a)(7, 8 and 11)"		
	Steller sea lion critical habitat (CH)			"50 CFR part 226, Table 1 and Table 2"		
	Steller sea lion conservation area (SCA)					
	No person may use nonpelagic trawl gear to engage in 					
	directed fishing for non-CDQ pollock in the BSAI (679.24(b)(4)).					
Gulf of Alaska Trawl						
"WEST, CENT POLLOCK"						
	Pollock 610		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			31-Jan	Bycatch	TAC	#00-12
			15-Mar	Open	Reg	
			18-Mar	Bycatch	TAC	#00-36
			20-Aug	Open	Reg	
			15-Sep	Bycatch	Reg	
			1-Oct	Open	Reg	
			1-Nov	Bycatch	Reg	
	Pollock 620	Outside Shelikof	20-Jan	Open	Reg	
		Outside Shelikof	27-Jan	Bycatch	TAC	#00-10
		Outside Shelikof	15-Mar	Open	Reg	
		Outside Shelikof	15-Mar	Bycatch	TAC	#00-33
		Outside Shelikof	20-Aug	Open	Reg	
		Outside Shelikof	15-Sep	Bycatch	Reg	
		Outside Shelikof	1-Oct	Open	Reg	
		Outside Shelikof	1-Nov	Bycatch	Reg	
	Pollock 630	Outside Shelikof	20-Jan	Open	Reg	
		Outside Shelikof	25-Jan	Bycatch	TAC	#00-6
		Outside Shelikof	15-Mar	Open	Reg	
		Outside Shelikof	17-Mar	Bycatch	TAC	#00-35
		Outside Shelikof	20-Aug	Open	Reg	
		Outside Shelikof	29-Aug	Bycatch	TAC	#00-79
		Outside Shelikof	1-Oct	Open	Reg	
		Outside Shelikof	1-Nov	Bycatch	Reg	
	Shelikof Strait		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			10-Feb	Bycatch	TAC	#00-16
			15-Mar	Open	Reg	
			25-Mar	Bycatch	TAC	#00-38
						
WESTERN GULF						
	Arrowtooth Flounder		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			13-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-49
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			31-Jul	Bycatch	TAC 	#00-71
	Deep Water Flatfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
	Shallow Water Flatfish		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			28-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-51
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			11-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-73
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Flathead Sole		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			28-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-51
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			11-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-73
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Rex Sole		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			13-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-49
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			23-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	 #00-76
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Pacific Ocean Perch		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			6-Jul	Bycatch	TAC 	#00-57
	Shortraker/Rougheye		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
	Pelagic Shelf Rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			23-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	 #00-76
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Northern Rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			24-Jul	Bycatch	TAC 	#00-63
	Other Rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
	Pacific Cod - Inshore		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			4-Mar	Bycatch	TAC 	#00-29
			31-Jul	PSC	TAC 	#00-70
	Pacific Cod - Offshore		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			7-Feb	Bycatch	TAC 	#00-14
			31-Jul	PSC	TAC 	#00-70
	Sablefish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
	Thornyhead		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
						
CENTRAL GULF						
	Arrowtooth Flounder		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			13-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-49
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			23-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-76
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Deep Water Flatfish		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			13-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-49
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			23-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-76
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Shallow Water Flatfish		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			28-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-51
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			11-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-73
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Flathead Sole		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			28-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-51
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			11-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-73
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Rex Sole		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			13-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-49
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			23-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-76
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Pacific Ocean Perch		1-Jan	Bycatch	 Reg	
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			15-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-61
	Shortraker/Rougheye		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
	Pelagic Shelf Rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			26-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-65
	Northern rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			26-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-67
	Other Rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
	Pacific Cod - Inshore		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			4-Mar	Bycatch	TAC	#00-28
	Pacific Cod - Offshore		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			28-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-51
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			11-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-73
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Pacific Cod - Offshore	CH 	14-Dec	Closed		#00-101
	Sablefish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
			24-Jul	PSC	TAC	#00-64
	Thornyhead		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
						
EASTERN GULF						
	Shortraker/Rougheye		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
			2-Oct	PSC	TAC	#00-89
	Pacific Cod - Inshore		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			28-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-51
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			11-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-73
			1-Oct	Open 	Spec	
	Pacific Cod - Inshore	CH	14-Dec	Closed		
	Pacific Cod - Offshore		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			15-Feb	Bycatch	Spec	#00-18
	Thornyhead		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
						
WEST YAKUTAT						
	Arrowtooth Flounder		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			13-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-49
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			23-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-76
			1-Oct	Open	Spec	
	Deep Water Flatfish		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			13-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-49
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			23-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-76
			1-Oct	Open	Spec	
	Shallow Water Flatfish		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			28-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-51
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			11-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-73
			1-Oct	Open	Spec	
	Flathead Sole		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			28-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-51
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			11-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-73
			1-Oct	Open	Spec	
	Rex Sole		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			13-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-49
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			23-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-76
			1-Oct	Open	Spec	
	Pacific Ocean Perch		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			14-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-59
	Other Rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	 Open	Spec	
			26-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-68
	Pelagic Shelf Rockfish		1-Jan	Bycatch	Reg	
			4-Jul	 Open	Spec	
			26-Jul	Bycatch	TAC	#00-66
	Pollock		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			28-Mar	Bycatch	TAC	#00-39
			1-Apr	Open	TAC	#00-42
	Sablefish 		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
						
SOUTHEAST			Closed to trawl gear			
						
ENTIRE GOA						
	Other Species		20-Jan	Open	Reg	
			28-May	Bycatch	HAL	#00-51
			4-Jul	Open	Spec	
			11-Aug	Bycatch	HAL	#00-73
			1-Oct	Open	Spec	
	Atka Mackerel		1-Jan	Bycatch	Spec	#99-150
						
						
Gulf of Alaska notes:
(1) Areas around Steller sea lion rookeries and certain walrus sites 
     closed. 
"(2) Trawling in the BSAI and GOA is closed from January 1, until noon"
"     on January 20, 2000.  All directed fishing for rockfish of the genus "
     Sebastes and Sebastolobus in the GOA with trawl gear is closed 
"     until the initiation of the third quarter on July 4, 2000."
(3) Closure of the Southeast Outside District to fishing with trawl gear
"     was effective March 23, 1998."
NOTES:     
OPEN  = Directed fishery open as noted. Defined at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f). 
BYCATCH = Directed fishery closed.  Defined at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f).
PSC  = Species must be treated in the same manner as a prohibited species.    
              Defined at 50 CFR 679.21(b). 
CLOSED  = as noted 
Reg = Regulations
Spec = Groundfish Harvest Specifications
TAC = Total allowable catch
HAL = Halibut