NMFS Issues Regulations to Limit Access to Pacific Cod Fishing in Alaska State Waters

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued regulations to limit access to the Pacific cod fishery in Alaska State waters within 3 nautical miles of shore adjacent to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, commonly known as the 'parallel' fishery, to Federally permitted pot and hook-and-line catcher/processors.