NMFS Issues Final Rule to Implement Amendment 113 for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod Fishery

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule to implement Amendment 113 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, setting aside a portion of the Aleutian Islands Pacific cod total allowable catch for harvest by vessels directed fishing for Aleutian Islands Pacific cod and delivering their catch to a shoreside processor located on land west of 170° W. longitude in the Aleutian Islands, with the goal of providing benefits to vessels, shoreplants, and local communities.