Small Boats Banned from Hooking Pacific Cod in Alaska Gulf
Published Date: 3/20/2025
Rule
Summary
Starting now, small fishing boats under 50 feet using hook-and-line gear can’t fish for Pacific cod in the Central Gulf of Alaska. This rule helps keep the 2025 fishing limits from being broken and protects the fish for everyone. If you’re a small boat fisher in this area, you’ll need to pause your Pacific cod catch for the A season.
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Small boats barred from Pacific cod
If you operate a catcher vessel less than 50 feet (15.2 m) using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska, directed fishing for Pacific cod is prohibited starting now. This action is to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2025 total allowable catch (TAC) apportioned to those vessels.
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