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In response to a recommendation by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, this action would allow hook-and-line catcher/processor vessels to use longline pot gear in the Greenland turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) fishery in the Bering Sea (BS). Current regulations only allow for the use of hook-and-line or trawl gear when directed fishing for Greenland turbot in the BS. This action is needed due to an increase in killer whale (Orcinus orca) depredation in the BS hook-and-line gear Greenland turbot fishery. The level of depredation has increased to a level where it precludes directed fishing for Greenland turbot using hook-and-line gear. This action would reduce the impacts of whale depredation and allow the fishery to resume. This action would benefit the hook-and-line catcher/processors who choose to participate in the directed fishery for Greenland turbot using longline pot gear. The authority for this action is Section 304(b)(1)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.