Alaska Trawlers Banned from Cod Hunt: Keeping Fish Stocks Safe
Published Date: 3/5/2025
Rule
Summary
Starting now, boats using trawl gear in the Central Gulf of Alaska can’t fish specifically for Pacific cod to keep the 2025 catch limits safe. This affects catcher vessels and helps protect fish stocks so everyone can keep fishing in the future. The rule kicks in immediately and helps avoid going over the allowed catch, keeping the fishing game fair and balanced.
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Trawl catcher vessels banned from Pacific cod
If you operate a catcher vessel using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), you are prohibited from directed fishing for Pacific cod effective immediately. The closure is to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2025 total allowable catch of Pacific cod for catcher vessels using trawl gear in that area.
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