NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod TAC from Trawling to Hook-and-Line and Pot Gear in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is shifting the unused Pacific cod catch from trawl-allowing vessels to those using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area to meet the 2000 total allowable catch limit.