Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 00-81 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
August 29, 2000 7:50 a.m. |
NMFS Closes the Pacific Cod Fishery for Certain Vessels Using Hook-and-Line or Pot Gearin the BSAI The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing directed fishing for Pacific cod for catcher vessels 60 feet or longer in length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear and vessels 60 feet or longer in LOA using pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, September 1, 2000, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |