# 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 2024-03-27 · Effective 2024-03-25 · 89 FR 21215
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-06524
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 21215
- **Publication date:** 2024-03-27
- **Effective date:** 2024-03-25
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 240304-0068
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processors (CPs) in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2024 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod allocated to AFA trawl CPs in the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/27/2024-06524/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian)
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