Notices and Rules
Court-ordered Changes to Pacific Coast Treaty Indian Tribe’s Usual and Accustomed Fishing Areas
Updated boundaries for the Hoh Indian Tribe U&A fishing areas off the Washington coast
Published
07/23/2024
Amendment 32 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan: Modifications to Non-Trawl Sector Area Management Measures
Modifications to non-trawl sector area management measures for Pacific Coast groundfish
Published
12/01/2023
Amendments to West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Program
Revisions to regulations that apply to Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program participants and electronic monitoring (EM) service providers
Published
11/22/2023
Amendment 31 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
Amendment 31 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), which proposes to define the geographic units of 20 stocks for 14 species of groundfish, a subset of 80+ species managed by the FMP
Published
11/16/2023
2023 Cost Recovery Fee Notice for the Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program
2023 cost recovery fee percentages and average mothership cooperative program pricing, Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program.
Effective
01/01/2023
Amendment 30 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan & 2023-2024 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
Amendment 30 of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, 2023-2024 harvest specifications
- Inseason adjustments to biennial groundfish management measures (89 FR 59681, J…
- Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments (April 1, 2024, 89 FR 22…
- Inseason adjustments to biennial groundfish management measures (April 1, 2024,…
- Inseason trip limits correction final rule (88 FR 90127, December 29, 2023)
- Final rule; corrections to harvest specifications (88 FR 89313, December 27, 20…
Published
12/16/2022
Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program Regulations for Bottom Trawl and Non-Whiting Midwater Trawl Vessels
Availability of a final rule
Published
10/03/2022
2022 Federal Logbook Requirement for Pacific Coast Groundfish Non-Trawl Fisheries
Final rule for implementation of logbook requirements for Pacific Coast Groundfish non-trawl fishing
Published
10/03/2022
2022 Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan
NMFS approves changes in 2022 to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s regulatory Area 2A off of Washington, Oregon, and California.
- Temporary rule; inseason adjustment; request for comments (87 FR 41259, July 12…
- Temporary rule; inseason adjustment; request for comments (87 FR 35901, June 14…
- Final Rule for Area 2A Management (87 FR 19007, April 1, 2022)
- Final rule for IPHC 2022 Annual Management Measures (87 FR 12604, March 7, 2022)
- Proposed Rule (87 FR 9021, February 17, 2022)
Published
03/07/2022
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