NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod in Western Regulatory Area of Gulf of Alaska Management Area

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating unused Pacific cod from trawl vessels to hook-and-line and pot vessels in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska management area to meet the 2013 total allowable catch limit. This reallocation is necessary to allow for the harvesting of the total allowable catch of Pacific cod in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.