# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod in the Gulf of Alaska
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; closure. · Published 2019-12-23 · Effective 2020-01-01 · 84 FR 70438
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-27567
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 70438
- **Publication date:** 2019-12-23
- **Effective date:** 2020-01-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 180831813-9170-02
## Abstract

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because a biological assessment of stock condition for Pacific cod in the GOA projects that the spawning biomass will be below 20 percent of the projected unfished spawning biomass during 2020.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/23/2019-27567/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-in-the-gulf-of-alaska)
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