Notices and Rules
2020 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan
NOAA Fisheries has approved changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s regulatory Area 2A off Washington, Oregon, and California.
Published
05/01/2020
Inseason Adjustments to Pacific Coast Groundfish Commercial Fisheries; halibut retention limit decrease
Final rule announcing a decrease in the incidental halibut retention limit for the sablefish primary fishery north of Point Chehalis, Washington, Pacific coast.
Effective
03/25/2020
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.
- Notice of Fee Rate Decrease (84 FR 67723, 12/11/2019)
- Fee Rate Adjustment Notice (83 FR 62308, 12/03/18)
- Fee Rate Adjustment Notice (82 FR 60969, 12/26/17)
- Washington Dungeness Crab Notice of Loan Repayment (82 FR 11559, 2/24/17)
- California Pink Shrimp Notice of Loan Repayment (81 FR 67295, 9/30/16)
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
Regulatory Revisions to Vessel Movement, Monitoring, and Declaration Management for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
NOAA Fisheries proposes revisions to reporting and monitoring provisions for vessels participating in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.
Published
10/10/2019