NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating unused Pacific cod from vessels using pots and trawls to catcher/processor vessels using hooks and lines in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area to meet the 2002 total allowable catch limit of Pacific cod. This reallocation is necessary to allow for the harvesting of the total allowable catch of Pacific cod.