NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod TAC to Fixed Gear Vessels in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is redirecting unused Pacific cod catch from trawl catcher/processors and trawl catcher vessels to vessels using fixed gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area to meet the 1998 total allowable catch (TAC) limit.