Compliance Guide: Sablefish Electronic Fish Tickets
January 30, 2020
Plain-language summary of changes to to fishing regulations regarding new requirements for submitting electronic fish tickets for sablefish landings.
Electronic fish ticket (e-ticket) requirements affect all participants in the commercial Pacific coast groundfish fishery who land or receive/purchase sablefish.
This guide will help participants understand the e-ticket requirements, which are based on recommendations by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and implemented by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) through the sablefish e-tickets final rule.