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Information Bulletin 07-92
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228

September 12, 2007
8:50 a.m.


NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod from Vessels Using Trawl Gear and Jig Gear to Vessels Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating 3,000 metric tons (mt) of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear and 1,300 mt of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to vessels using pot gear and hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area according to Robert D. Mecum, Acting Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

The following table summarizes the reallocation in metric tons:

PACIFIC COD CURRENT SHARE THESE ACTIONS REVISED SHARE
Hook-and-Line Gear
Catcher Processor
64,030 +4,075 68,105
Pot Gear
Catcher Processor
2,641 + 27 2,668
Pot Gear
Catcher Vessel
12,006 +123 12,129
Jig Gear 1,426 -1,300 126
Trawl Gear
Catcher Vessel
37,110 -3,000 34,110
Catcher Vessels < 60 Feet
Length Overall Using
Hook-and-Line or Pot Gear
2,853 +75 2,928


This action is necessary to allow the 2007 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR 679.20(a)(7)(ii). This action does not imply any change in the status of the fisheries.

This information bulletin only provides notice of a regulatory change. For the purposes of complying with the regulatory change, you are advised to see the actual text of the regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations.


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