# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; modification of a closure; request for comments. · Published 2022-04-13 · Effective 2022-04-11 · 87 FR 21815
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-07916
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 21815
- **Publication date:** 2022-04-13
- **Effective date:** 2022-04-11
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 220223-0054
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2022 total allowable catch of Pacific cod allocated to catcher vessels using trawl gear in the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/13/2022-07916/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian)
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