# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; reallocation. · Published 2016-11-03 · Effective 2016-11-02 · 81 FR 76530
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-26504
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 76530
- **Publication date:** 2016-11-03
- **Effective date:** 2016-11-02
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 150916863-6211-02
## Abstract

NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear and American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher processors (C/Ps) to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear, C/Ps using hook-and-line gear, and Amendment 80 (A80) C/Ps in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2016 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod to be harvested.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/03/2016-26504/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-reallocation-of-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea)
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