# 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
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; closure. · Published 2016-02-26 · Effective 2016-02-23 · 81 FR 9787
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-04205
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 9787
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/02/26/2016-04205/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-in-the-western-aleutian-islands)
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