NMFS Prohibits Pacific Cod Fishing by Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessels in Gulf of Alaska

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has prohibited directed fishing for Pacific cod by non-American Fisheries Act (AFA) crab vessels that catch Pacific cod for processing in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska, in order to prevent exceeding the 2008 Pacific cod sideboard limit.