# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
> **Rule** · Closure. · Published 1996-11-15 · 61 FR 58491
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-29246
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 58491
- **Publication date:** 1996-11-15
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 960129019-6019-01
## Abstract

NMFS is closing the directed fishery for Pacific cod by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 1996 bycatch allowance of Pacific halibut apportioned to the trawl Pacific cod fishery in the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/11/15/96-29246/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-by-vessels-using-trawl-gear-in-the)
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