NMFS Prohibits Pacific Cod Fishing by Non-AFA Crab Vessels in Western Regulatory Area of 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 catching Pacific cod for processing by the offshore component in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska, in order to prevent exceeding the 2006 Pacific cod sideboard limits.