Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 00-95 Sustainable Fisheries Division 907-586-7228 |
October 27, 2000 2:30 p.m. |
NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod to Vessels Using Hook-and-Line or Pot Gearin the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area The National Marine Fisheries service (NMFS) is reallocating 9,000 metric tons (mt) of Pacific cod from catcher/processor vessels using trawl gear and 3,000 mt of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to catcher/processor vessels using hook-and-line or vessels using pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. ________________________________________________________________________________ This action does not imply any change in the status of the fisheries. This information bulletin provides notice of a regulatory change. Do not rely upon it to guide you in complying with the regulatory change. |