# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
> **Rule** · Modification of a closure. · Published 1999-11-19 · Effective 1999-11-16 · 64 FR 63259
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-30228
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 63259
- **Publication date:** 1999-11-19
- **Effective date:** 1999-11-16
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 990304063-9063-01
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully utilize the 1999 halibut bycatch mortality allowance specified for the trawl Pacific cod fishery.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/11/19/99-30228/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-by-vessels-using-trawl-gear-in-the)
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