NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod in Gulf of Alaska

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is shifting unused Pacific cod from trawl vessels to jig vessels in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska to meet the 2012 total allowable catch quota.

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