Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 00-14 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
February 4, 2000 3:10 p.m. |
NMFS Closes Offshore 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 offshore component in the Western Regulatory Area (Statistical Areas 610, between 159 degrees and 170 degrees W. longitudes) in the Gulf of Alaska, effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, February 7, 2000, according to Steven Pennoyer, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. |