Rule 11 Apr 2025 pacific cod, fisheries, economic zones, noaa, compliance, alaska, fishing regulations

🎣NMFS Opens Fishing for Pacific Cod in Alaska's BSAI Management Area

NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processors (CPs) in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2025 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod allocated to AFA trawl CPs in the BSAI.

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