# Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Georges Bank Cod Trimester Total Allowable Catch Area Closure for the Common Pool Fishery
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; area closure. · Published 2017-08-01 · Effective 2017-07-28 · 82 FR 35686
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-16176
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** new england
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 35686
- **Publication date:** 2017-08-01
- **Effective date:** 2017-07-28
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 151211999-6343-02
## Abstract

This action closes the Georges Bank (GB) 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, 2017. The closure is required by regulation because the common pool fishery is projected to have caught 90 percent of its Trimester 1 quota for GB 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/2017/08/01/2017-16176/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-northeast-multispecies-fishery-georges-bank-cod)
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