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IB 25-06: NMFS Advises that the Pacific Cod TAC Allocated to Catcher Vessels Greater than or Equal to 60 feet Length Overall Using Pot Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Has Been Reached

February 04, 2025 - 01:00pm

Information Bulletin

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces that catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) are estimated to reach their total allowable catch (TAC) for Pacific cod, beginning 12 noon, Alaska local time, February 6, 2025, according to Jonathan M. Kurland, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

Keeping harvest levels at or below established TACs helps to ensure annual catch limits are not exceeded and prevents overfishing under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. This announcement does not apply to fishing by vessels participating in the Community Development Quota Program.

In fisheries with harvest levels that have reached their TAC, NMFS advises that vessels should adhere to the maximum retainable amounts at 50 CFR 679.20(e) and (f). NMFS will continue to monitor all fishing activities in Federal and parallel waters and will report to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council on any fishing activities that occur after NMFS announces that harvest levels have achieved their TAC. 


 

Last updated by Alaska Regional Office on February 05, 2025