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 operating as catcher vessels using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska, in order to prevent exceeding the 2018 Pacific cod sideboard limit.