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NMFS CLOSES DIRECTED FISHING FOR PACIFIC COD
BY CATCHER PROCESSOR VESSELS USING POT GEAR IN THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher processor vessels using pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, March 27, 2004, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allocation of the 2004 total allowable catch of Pacific cod allocated to these vessels and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(d)(1)(iii). After the effective date of this closure the maximum retainable amounts at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time during a trip. 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 in the Code of Federal Regulations. |
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