Regulation & law · 03/10/2007

NMFS Closes Pacific Cod Fishing in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area to prevent exceeding the 2007 halibut bycatch allowance for the trawl Pacific cod fishery category in the BSAI.