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INFORMATION BULLETIN (99-121)
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228 		September 24, 1999
9:45 a.m.


NMFS REALLOCATES PACIFIC COD TO VESSELS USING HOOK & LINE OR POT GEAR IN THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS MANAGEMENT AREA

The National Marine Fisheries service (NMFS) is reallocating 5,000 metric tons (mt) of Pacific cod from catcher/processor vessels using trawl gear to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear and 2,800 mt of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) according to Steven Pennoyer, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.

The following table summarizes the reallocation in metric tons: 

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                    CURRENT SHARE    THESE ACTIONS  REVISED SHARE
BSAI
Pacific cod 
     Jig gear              3,275            -2,800           475
     Hook and Line/Pot  
       gear               
                          83,500            +7,800        91,300
     Trawl gear         
       catcher/processors 
                          38,475     	  -5,000       33,475
       catcher vessels 	
                          38,475             none         38,475
                          _______            ______       _______ 
     Total  TAC          163,725                         163,725


This information bulletin provides notice that a regulatory change has occurred. Do not rely upon it to guide you in complying with the regulatory change.


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