Regulation & law · 09/12/1999

NMFS Opens Directed Fishing for Pacific Cod in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is allowing vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear to catch Pacific cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, in order to utilize the full 1999 total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to these vessels in this region.