# Fisheries of the Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Less Than 60 Feet (18.3 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line or Pot Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; modification of a closure. · Published 2006-08-04 · Effective 2006-08-15 · 71 FR 44229
## Document
- **Document number:** E6-12648
- **Category:** other
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** cod
- **Federal Register citation:** 71 FR 44229
- **Publication date:** 2006-08-04
- **Effective date:** 2006-08-15
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 060216045-6045-01
## Abstract

NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) 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 allow the catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI to harvest their Pacific cod allocation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/08/04/E6-12648/fisheries-of-the-economic-exclusive-zone-off-alaska-pacific-cod-by-catcher-vessels-less-than-60-feet)
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