NMFS Prohibits Pacific Cod Fishing in Gulf of Alaska to Prevent TAC Exceedance

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has taken action to prevent the overfishing of Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska by prohibiting directed fishing by vessels catching Pacific cod for processing by the offshore component in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska, in order to avoid exceeding the 1999 total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to vessels catching Pacific cod for processing in this area.