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INFORMATION BULLETIN 01-90 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 October 4, 2001 9:00 AM NMFS REALLOCATES PACIFIC COD FROM VESSELS USING TRAWL AND JIG GEAR TO VESSELS USING HOOK-AND-LINE OR POT GEAR IN THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS The National Marine Fisheries service (NMFS) is reallocating 24,000 metric tons (mt) of Pacific cod from catcher/processor vessels using trawl gear and 3,000 mt of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. The following table summarizes the reallocation in metric tons: BSAI CURRENT SHARE THESE ACTIONS REVISED SHARE Pacific cod Jig gear 3,478 -3,000 478 Hook and Line gear    Catcher Processor 70,551 +25,270 95,821    Catcher Vessel 265 +400 665 Pot gear 16,139 +1,330 17,469 Trawl gear    Catcher/Processors 40,867 -10,000 30,867    Catcher Vessels 40,867 -14,000 26,867 This action is necessary to allow the 2001 TAC of Pacific cod to be harvested and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(a)(7)(ii). This action does not imply any change in the status of the fisheries. This information bulletin only provides notice of a regulatory change. For the purposes of complying with the regulatory change, you are advised to see the actual text of the regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations.

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