Rule 17 Apr 2025 seafood industry, fisheries, noaa, fishing regulations, environmental policy, alaskan economy

🎣Temporary Closure of Pacific Cod Fishing in Gulf of Alaska

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2025 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.

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Rule 31 Mar 2025 business regulation, fisheries, fishing industry, reallocation, alaskan economy

🎣Fisheries Reallocation of Pollock in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation and the Community Development Quota (CDQ) pollock directed fishing allowances (DFA) from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea. This action is necessary to provide the opportunity for the harvest of the 2025 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI).

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