Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 00-99 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
December 7, 2000 1:30 p.m. |
NMFS Closes the Pacific Cod Fishery for Catcher Processor Vessels Using Hook-and-Line Gearin the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher processor vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, December 9, 2000, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |