Notices and Rules
Regulatory Revisions to Vessel Movement, Monitoring, and Declaration Management for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Final rule revising reporting and monitoring provisions for vessels participating in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery., effective July and September 2020.
Effective
07/13/2020
Emergency Action to Temporarily Remove Seasonal Processing Limitations for Pacific Whiting Motherships and Catcher-Processors
Emergency Rule temporarily allows eligible Mothership and Catcher-Processor vessels to operate during the 2020 Pacific whiting season. This emergency rule is effective for 180 days, from June 19, 2020, to December 16, 2020.
Published
06/19/2020
2020 Harvest Specifications for Pacific Whiting, Cowcod, and Shortbelly Rockfish, and 2020 Pacific Whiting Tribal Allocation
To establish 2020 harvest specifications and management measures for Pacific whiting, shortbelly rockfish, and cowcod taken off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.
Effective
06/18/2020
Correction to Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2019-2020 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments
Notice of correction to routine inseason adjustments to management measures in commercial groundfish fisheries. This action corrects publication errors in the trip limit tables for non-individual fishing quota species and limited entry fixed gear vessels that were implemented through the final rule.
Effective
02/13/2020
Amendment 21-4 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
Final rule for Amendment 21-4, implementing changes to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program, which established an individual fishing quota system for vessels catching groundfish with trawl gear.
Effective
01/16/2020
Inseason Adjustments to Biennial Groundfish Management Measures
Final rule for 2019–2020 Pacific Coast groundfish fishery biennial adjustments.
Effective
01/02/2020
Pacific Coast Groundfish Buyback
Congress authorized a $46 million buyback program, of which $10 million was appropriated and the remainder to be financed under Title XI.
Published
12/11/2019
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Seabird Bycatch Avoidance Measures
Final rule describing requirements for seabird bycatch avoidance measures for commercial groundfish bottom longline vessels.
Published
12/11/2019
Amendment 28 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
NOAA Fisheries publishes a final rule on November 19, 2019 (84 FR 63966) implementing changes to area closures for commercial vessels fishing in federal waters off Washington, Oregon, and California, effective January 1, 2020.
Published
11/19/2019
Inseason Adjustments to Pacific Coast Groundfish Commercial Fisheries
This final rule announces routine inseason adjustments to management measures in commercial groundfish fisheries. This action is intended to allow commercial fishing vessels to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and deplete
Effective
10/21/2019