The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) at 12 noon, Alaska local time, September 1, 2023, according to Jonathan M. Kurland, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.
This action is necessary to fully use the 2023 total allowable catch of Pacific cod allocated to the American Fisheries Act trawl catcher/processors in the BSAI and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.25(a)(1)(i), (a)(2)(i)(C), and (a)(2)(iii)(D).
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