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Information Bulletin 08-42
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228
March 18, 2008
11:00 a.m.

NMFS Closes the Pacific Cod Fishery for Catcher Vessels Less than 60 Feet Length Overall Using Pot or Hook and Line Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 60 feet (< 18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using pot or hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, March 21, 2008, according to Robert D. Mecum, Acting Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2008 Pacific cod total allowable catch allocated to catcher vessels < 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA using pot or hook-and-line gear in the BSAI 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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