INFORMATION BULLETIN (01-47)         May 11, 2001   
 Sustainable Fisheries Division       2:00 P.M.             
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NMFS OPENS DIRECTED FISHING FOR PACIFIC COD BY VESSELS CATCHING
  PACIFIC COD FOR PROCESSING BY THE OFFSHORE COMPONENT IN THE
         WESTERN REGULATORY AREA OF THE GULF OF ALASKA
                                
                                
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is opening directed
fishing for Pacific cod by vessels catching Pacific cod for
processing by the offshore component in the Western Regulatory
Area of the Gulf of Alaska effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time,
May 18, 2001, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator,
Alaska Region, NMFS.  

This action is necessary to fully use the total allowable catch
of Pacific cod in that area.  Other closures remain in full force
and effect.

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.