Notices and Rules
Amendment 33 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan: 2025-2026 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
Amendment 33 of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, 2025-2026 harvest specifications
Published
08/29/2024
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
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
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
- Temporary Rule; emergency action extended (89 FR 67326, August 20, 2024)
- 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)
Published
12/16/2022
Salmon Bycatch Minimization Measures for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Salmon bycatch minimization measures to minimize incidental take of Endangered Species Act-listed salmon by vessels in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.
Published
02/23/2021
Amendment 29 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan & 2021-2022 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
Amendment 29 of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan.
Effective
01/01/2021
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
2019-2020 Biennial Harvest Specifications for Pacific Coast Groundfish
Final rule establishing the 2019-2020 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.
Effective
01/01/2019
Oregon Midwater Recreational Groundfish Fishery
This rule authorizes the use of midwater long-leader gear for recreational fishing in waters off the coast of Oregon.
Effective
04/01/2018
2017–2018 Biennial Harvest Specifications for Pacific Coast Groundfish; Amendment 24 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
Final rule establishing the 2017-2018 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.
Effective
02/07/2017