NMFS Prohibits Pacific Cod Fishing by Non-AFA 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 Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska, in order to prevent exceeding the 2008 Pacific cod sideboard limit for non-AFA crab vessels in this area.