# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; modification of a closure. · Published 2016-04-13 · Effective 2016-04-11 · 81 FR 21756
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-08487
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 21756
- **Publication date:** 2016-04-13
- **Effective date:** 2016-04-11
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 150916863-6211-02
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the B season apportionment of the 2016 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod allocated to trawl catcher vessels in the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/04/13/2016-08487/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea-subarea-of-the)
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