# 2025-00112: Alaska Shuffles Fish Quotas Because Jig Fishermen Aren't Jigging Enough

2025-00112, Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-07, effective 2025-01-02 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00112
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00112
- Title: Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-07
- Effective: 2025-01-02
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Alaska Shuffles Fish Quotas Because Jig Fishermen Aren't Jigging Enough

## Summary

Starting January 2, 2025, some Pacific cod that jig fishing boats won’t catch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands will be given to smaller catcher vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear. This switch helps make sure the 2025 Pacific cod catch limit is fully used, benefiting smaller boats and keeping the fishery active all year. The change lasts through December 31, 2025, with no extra costs involved.

## Abstract

NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) from vessels using jig gear, to 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 (BSAI) management area. This action is necessary to allow the A season apportionment of the 2025 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.

## Effects PRIA read

- 1,000 mt Added to Small Catcher Vessels: benefit, high. From January 2, 2025 through December 31, 2025, NMFS moved 1,000 metric tons (mt) of Pacific cod from the A season jig allocation to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI). The allocation for thos…
- Jig Gear A-Season Allocation Reduced by 1,000 mt: cost, high. For 2025, the A season apportionment of Pacific cod for vessels using jig gear in the BSAI is reduced by 1,000 mt (from the previously specified 1,067 mt to 67 mt for the A season), and the annual amount for jig gear is revised to 779 mt. This reallocation is effective January 2, 2025 through Decem…

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## Sources
- [2025-00112 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/07/2025-00112/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-reallocation-of-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea)
- [2025-00112 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-07/pdf/2025-00112.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00112 (as of 2026-06-11).