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 various fishing vessels to designated American Fisheries Act (AFA) catcher processors and other cooperatives in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) to meet the 2009 total allowable catch (TAC) limit.