Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 08-29 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
February 25, 2008 12:15 p.m. |
NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pacific Cod by Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessels Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by the Offshore Component in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for the A season allowance of the 2008 Pacific cod sideboard limits apportioned to non-American Fisheries Act (AFA) crab vessels catching Pacific cod for processing by the offshore component in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, February 27, 2008, according to Robert D. Mecum, Acting Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.
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