Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod in the Western Aleutian Islands District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
catch-limit · north pacific · cod · Published 2016-02-26 · Effective 2016-02-23 · 81 FR 9787
Document
Document number
2016-04205
Federal Register citation
81 FR 9787
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; closure.
Category
catch-limit
Region
north pacific
Species
cod
Publication date
2016-02-26
Effective date
2016-02-23
NOAA docket
Docket No. 141021887-5172-02
Abstract
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod, including for the Community Development Quota program (CDQ), in the Western Aleutian Islands district of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the Western Aleutian Islands district Pacific cod harvest limit of the 2016 total allowable catch (TAC) in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the BSAI.