# Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Gulf of Maine Cod Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area Closure for the Common Pool Fishery
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; area closure. · Published 2016-08-22 · Effective 2016-08-17 · 81 FR 56534
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-19983
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** new england
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 56534
- **Publication date:** 2016-08-22
- **Effective date:** 2016-08-17
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 151211999-6343-02
## Abstract

This action closes the Gulf of Maine Cod Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area to Northeast multispecies common pool vessels fishing with trawl gear, sink gillnet gear, and longline/hook gear for the remainder of Trimester 1, through August 31, 2016. The closure is required by regulation because the common pool fishery has caught 90 percent of its Trimester 1 quota for Gulf of Maine cod. This closure is intended to prevent an overage of the common pool's quota for this stock.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/22/2016-19983/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-northeast-multispecies-fishery-gulf-of-maine-cod)
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