# 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 2025-08-27 · Effective 2025-09-01 · 90 FR 41801
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-16428
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 41801
- **Publication date:** 2025-08-27
- **Effective date:** 2025-09-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 250312-0036, RTID 0648-XF116
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2025 total allowable catch of Pacific cod allocated to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/27/2025-16428/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian)
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