Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 99-32 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
March 5, 1999 2:50 p.m. |
NMFS Closes Pacific Codin the Western GOA The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels catching Pacific cod for processing by the inshore component in the Western Regulatory Area (Statistical Area 610, between 159 degrees and 170 degrees W. longitudes) in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 8, 1999, according to Steven Pennoyer, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |