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Information Bulletin 00-46
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228
April 21, 2000
3:00 p.m.

NMFS Closes the Pacific Cod Fishery to Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gearin the BSAI

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, April 24, 2000, according to Steven Pennoyer, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the portion of the 2000 total allowable catch of Pacific cod allocated to catcher vessels using trawl gear in this area and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(d)(1)(iii).

After the effective date of this closure the maximum retainable bycatch amounts at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time during a trip.

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

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