This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2026 A season Pacific cod allowance of total allowable catch allocated to catcher vessels less than 50 feet (15.2 m) length overall using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
) Newly hatched Pacific cod larva. Credit. NOAA Fisheries/Emily Slesinger A new studyused gene expression analysis to explore how temperature and ocean acidification affect Pacific cod larvae.
A new study used gene expression analysis to explore how temperature and ocean acidification affect Pacific cod larvae ... Decrease in Pacific Cod Population ... Genes identified in this study could be important to the future of Pacific cod.
Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA using pot gear in the BSAI to prevent exceeding this sector's A season allowance of Pacific cod TAC.
Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI to prevent exceeding this sector's allocation of Pacific cod TAC.
NMFS has determined that as of February 5, 2026, approximately 3,477 mt of Pacific cod remain in the A season allowance of the 2026 TAC of Pacific cod allocated to catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
The NationalMarine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using pot gear ...
This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2026 Pacific cod total allowable catch allocated to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI and is issued pursuant to 50 CFR679.20(d)(1)(iii).
Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA to prevent exceeding this sector's A season allowance of Pacific cod TAC.
... a new socio-economic risk assessment, combined with statistical modeling, on the risk of coastal Alaskan fishing communities to changes in Pacific cod distributions.