Rule 27 Aug 2025 seafood industry, fisheries, alaska, nmfs, pacific cod, fishing regulation

🎣NMFS Opens Pacific Cod Fishing in Alaska's Bering Sea

NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2025 total allowable catch of Pacific cod allocated to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI.

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