Notices and Rules
Salmon Bycatch Minimization Measures for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
NOAA Fisheries is implementing salmon bycatch minimization measures to minimize incidental take of Endangered Species Act-listed salmon by vessels in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.
The final rule establishes additional management tools to…
Published
02/23/2021
Amendment 29 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan & 2021-2022 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
This final rule establishes the 2021–22 harvest specifications for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act…
- Final Rule; Correction (86 FR 27816, May 24, 2021)
- Final Rule; Correction (86 FR 14379, March 16, 2021)
- Final Rule; Correction (85 FR 86853, December 31, 2020)
- Final Rule (85 FR 79880, December 11, 2020)
- Proposed Rule (85 FR 62492, October 2, 2020)
- Notice of Availability (85 FR 54529, September 2, 2020)
Effective
01/01/2021
2021 Cost Recovery Fee Notice for the Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program
This action provides participants in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program with the 2021 cost recovery fee percentages and the average mothership (MS) price per pound to be used in the catcher/processor (C/P) coop program to…
Effective
01/01/2021
Final Rule to Delay Implementation of West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Program
This final rule revises regulations to delay implementation of the Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program for the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program. Implementation of the EM program will be delayed by one year, from January 1, 2021, to…
Effective
12/23/2020
Proposed Rule to Delay Implementation of West Coast Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Program
This proposed rule would revise regulations to delay implementation of the Electronic Monitoring (EM) Program for the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program. The proposed rule would delay implementation of the EM program by one year, from…
Published
08/28/2020
Regulatory Revisions to Vessel Movement, Monitoring, and Declaration Management for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
This final rule revises reporting and monitoring provisions for vessels participating in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.
This final action:
Increases the position transmission rate for certain vessels using NMFS type-approved vessel…
Effective
07/13/2020
Inseason Adjustments to Pacific Coast Groundfish Commercial Fisheries; halibut retention limit decrease
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces a decrease in the incidental halibut retention limit for the sablefish primary fishery north of Point Chehalis, Washington.
Effective on March 25, 2020, the limit is 200 lb dressed weight of…
Effective
03/25/2020
Correction to Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2019-2020 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments
NMFS published a final rule on January 3, 2020, that made 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 (IFQ)…
Effective
02/13/2020
Amendment 21-4 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
NOAA Fisheries implemented the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program in January 2011.
The Catch Share Program established an individual fishing quota system for vessels catching groundfish with trawl gear. In 2017, the Pacific Fishery…
Effective
01/16/2020
Inseason Adjustments to Biennial Groundfish Management Measures
This final rule announces routine inseason adjustments to management measures in Pacific Coast commercial groundfish fisheries. This action is intended to allow commercial fishing vessels to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting…
Effective
01/02/2020