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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on October 13, 2026. It took effect on October 13, 2026.
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What the agency says
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear and catcher/processors using trawl gear to catcher vessels using hook-and-line gear and vessels using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to allow the 2026 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod to be harvested in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-20870
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Temporary rule; reallocation
- Agency
- Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Published
- October 13, 2026
- Takes effect
- October 13, 2026
- Dates
- Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 13, 2026, through 2400 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. 260305-0067; RTID 0648-XG099
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 50 CFR 679
- Pages
- 2
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