Notices and Rules
2022 Cost Recovery Fee Notice for the Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program
2022 cost recovery fee percentages and average mothership cooperative program pricing, Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program.
Effective
01/01/2022
Emergency Action to Temporarily Reopen the 2021 Sablefish Primary Fishery for Vessels Using Pot Gear
Temporarily reopen the 2021 Limited Entry Fixed Gear sablefish primary fishery to vessels using pot/trap gear North of 36° North latitude until December 31, 2021.
Effective
11/30/2021
2021-2022 and 2022-2023 Specifications for Pacific Mackerel
For more information, contact Taylor Debevec, West Coast Region, NMFS, (562) 619-2052, Taylor.Debevec@noaa.gov
Published
11/19/2021
Emergency Action to Temporarily Extend the 2021 Sablefish Primary Fishery
Provide operational flexibility for vessels in the sablefish primary fishery to fully harvest their catch limits despite high economic uncertainty in 2021
Effective
10/29/2021
Emergency Action to Temporarily Remove Seasonal Processing Limitations for Pacific Whiting Motherships and Catcher-Processors
Emergency Rule, effective October 25, 2021, to temporarily allow at-sea Pacific whiting processing vessels to operate as both a mothership (MS) and a catcher-processor (C/P) during the 2021 Pacific whiting fishery.
Published
10/25/2021
2021 Rule to Delay West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program Regulations
Implementation of the EM program delayed until at least January 1, 2024
Published
10/06/2021
Amendment 21 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan
NMFS approval of Amendment 21 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan, to limit ocean salmon fishery impacts on the availability of Chinook salmon as prey for Southern Resident killer whales.
Published
09/13/2021
Five Hatchery Programs in the Lake Washington Basin
NOAA Fisheries consideration of approving 5 hatchery plans in the Lake Washington Basin of Washington State
Published
08/27/2021
2021-2022 Annual Specifications and Management Measures for Pacific Sardine
NOAA Fisheries implements annual harvest specifications and management measures for the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine (hereafter, Pacific sardine), for the fishing year from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
Published
07/09/2021
Amendment 18 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan
Amendment 18 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan, implementing a rebuilding plan for the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine.
Published
06/24/2021