Cordell Bank Area Revisions
Summary
This action removes the Cordell Bank Groundfish Conservation Area off central California for all groundfish fisheries, and implements a new Groundfish Exclusion Area for all groundfish fisheries to protect sensitive habitat. The purpose of this action is to simplify regulatory complexity associated with overlapping fishery closures in the Cordell Bank area, and to increase fishing opportunity, while still protecting the Cordell Bank ecosystem.