# 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; closure. · Published 2018-02-14 · Effective 2018-02-11 · 83 FR 6473
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-03087
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 6473
- **Publication date:** 2018-02-14
- **Effective date:** 2018-02-11
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 161020985-7181-02
## Abstract

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by trawl catcher vessels in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2018 Pacific cod allocation of the total allowable catch (TAC) for the Bering Sea Trawl Catcher Vessel A- Season Sector Limitation in the Bering Sea subarea of the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/14/2018-03087/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea-subarea-of-the)
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