# 2025-10110: Alaska’s Small Boats Get a New Route Into Pacific Cod Catch Limits

2025-10110, Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Amendment 125 to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Fishery Management Plan; Pacific Cod Small Boat Access, is a Federal Register proposed rule from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2025-06-04, effective Comments must be received no later than August 4, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-10110
- Title: Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Amendment 125 to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Fishery Management Plan; Pacific Cod Small Boat Access
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 23664
- Published: 2025-06-04
- Effective: Comments must be received no later than August 4, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: 0648-BM64
- Last updated: 2026-10-27

## In one line

Alaska’s Small Boats Get a New Route Into Pacific Cod Catch Limits

## Summary

This amendment lets small fishing boats (55 feet or less) using hook-and-line or pot gear count their Pacific cod catch toward the jig sector’s total during the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands fishing season. It helps small boat fishers get fair access and supports sustainable fishing rules. Comments on this change are open until August 4, 2025, so fishers and the public can weigh in!

## Abstract

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) submitted amendment 125 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP) to the Secretary of Commerce for review. If approved, amendment 125 would modify the BSAI Pacific cod jig sector to allow catch from catcher vessels (CV) using hook-and-line or pot gear that are less than or equal to 55 feet (ft) (16.8 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) harvesting Pacific cod in the BSAI during the jig gear A season to accrue to the jig sector allocation. Amendment 125 would promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), BSAI FMP, and other applicable laws.

## Effects PRIA read

- 55‑ft Small Boats Can Use Jig Allocation: benefit, medium. If approved, catcher vessels (CV) that are less than or equal to 55 feet (16.8 meters) length overall (LOA) and that use hook-and-line or pot gear may count their Pacific cod catch toward the jig sector allocation during the jig-gear A season (January 1 through April 30). This change lets smaller b…
- Other Sector Allocations Remain Unchanged: benefit, low. The amendment would not change allocation percentages or affect any other sector allocation established under Amendment 85. That means existing sector shares remain the same even if smaller CVs are allowed to accrue catch to the jig sector during the A season.

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## Sources
- [2025-10110 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/04/2025-10110/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-amendment-125-to-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian)
- [2025-10110 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-04/pdf/2025-10110.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10110 (as of 2026-10-27).