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Information Bulletin 99-121
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228

September 24, 1999
9:45 a.m.


NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea

The National Marine Fisheries service (NMFS) is reallocating 5,000 metric tons (mt) of Pacific cod from catcher/processor vessels using trawl gear to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear and 2,800 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 Steven Pennoyer, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

The following table summarizes the reallocation in metric tons:




CURRENT SHARETHESE ACTIONSREVISED SHARE
BSAI
Pacific cod
Jig gear3,275-2,800475
Hook and Line/Pot gear
83,500+7,80091,300
Trawl gear
catcher/processors
38,475-5,00033,475
catcher vessels
38,475none38,475
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Total TAC163,725 163,725



This information bulletin provides notice that a regulatory change has occurred. Do not rely upon it to guide you in complying with the regulatory change.

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