Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear, trawl catcher vessels, and catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet in length to catcher vessels less than 60 feet in length using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area to allow the 2024 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.