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Information Bulletin 07-28
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228

March 2, 2007
10:15 a.m.


NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod from Vessels Using Jig Gear to Catcher Vessels Less than 60 Feet Length Overall Using Pot or Hook-and-Line Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

The National Marine Fisheries service (NMFS) is reallocating 1,200 metric tons (mt) of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using pot or hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area according to Robert D. Mecum, Acting Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

The following table summarizes the reallocation in metric tons:


PACIFIC COD CURRENT SHARE THIS ACTION REVISED SHARE
Jig Gear 1,263 -1,200 63
Catcher Vessels < 60 Feet LOA
Using Hook-and-line or Pot Gear
1,121 +1,200 2,321

This action is necessary to allow the A season apportionment of the 2007 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(a)(7)(ii)(C)(1). This action does not imply any change in the status of the fisheries.

This information bulletin only provides notice of a regulatory change. For the purposes of complying with the regulatory change, you are advised to see the actual text of the regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations.

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