Compliance Guides for West Coast Groundfish

These documents serve as Small Entity Compliance Guides, complying with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996.

West Coast Groundfish

• Compliance Guide: Amendment 33 and the 2025-26 Harvest Specifications and Commercial and Recreational Management Measures (pdf)
• Compliance guide: 2024 Pacific Whiting Harvest Specifications and 2024 Tribal Allocation (pdf)
• Amendment 30 and the 2023-24 Harvest Specifications and Commercial and Recreational Management Measures (pdf)
• Pacific Whiting Utilization in the At-Sea Sectors (pdf)
• Compliance Guide Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program (updated 2022) (pdf)
• 2023 Pacific Whiting Harvest Specifications and 2023 Tribal Allocation (pdf)
• Salmon Bycatch Minimization Measures 2021 (pdf)
• Amendment 29 and the 2021-22 Harvest Specifications and Commercial and Recreational Management Measures (pdf)
• Vessel Movement, Monitoring, and Declaration Management (pdf)
• 2020 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for Pacific Whiting, Cowcod, and Shortbelly Rockfish Final Rule (pdf)
• 2019–2020 Biennial Harvest Specifications for Pacific Coast Groundfish (pdf)
• Compliance Guide for Commercial Fisherman off Washington, Oregon, and California under Amendment 28
• Seabird Bycatch Minimization Measures (pdf)
• Streamlined regulations for vessels fishing with groundfish bottom and midwater trawl gear (pdf)
• Revised Compliance Guide for Cost Recovery in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program (pdf)
• Compliance Guide for Ownership Interest Forms and Review of Qualifying Data (pdf)
• Compliance Guide for Observer and Catch Monitor Provider Permitting Process in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery April 2015 (pdf)
• Observer Safety: Compliance Guide for Observer Providers and Vessels in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery April 2015 (pdf)
• Divestiture of Excess Quota Shares: Small Entity Compliance Guide (pdf)
• Small Entity Compliance Guide explaining updated gear regulations in the groundfish fishery including revisions to the chafing (pdf)
• Compliance Guide for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program Program Improvement and Enhancement Rule (PIE) (pdf)
• General Provisions Affecting the Pacific Whiting IFQ Fishery: Small Entity Compliance Guide (pdf)
• Compliance Guide Pacific Coast Groundfish Regulations: Joint Registration, the Limited exemption to the Own-Hold rules, and other measures (pdf)
• Small Entity Compliance Guide Pacific Coast Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Conservation Area Closures and Gear Prohibitions (pdf)
• Small Entity Compliance Guide for New Regulations Prohibiting Commercial Vessels from Directly Fishing for Unfished Forage Fish (pdf)
• Compliance Guide for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Vessel Monitoring Program

Trawl Catch Share

• Amendment 21-4: Shorebased Trawl Sector Post-season Quota Trading (pdf)
• Compliance Guide for the Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program Covering Program Details (pdf)
• Compliance Guide for the Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program: Changes for 2012 and Beyond (PIE 1 Rule) (pdf)
• Compliance Guide for the Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program: Application Process (pdf)

Non-Trawl

Commercial, including limited entry and open access

• Amendment 32 Non-Trawl Sector Area (pdf)
• Guide for Participating in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Open Access Fishery Sector (pdf) (updated January 2025)
• Federal Non-Trawl Logbook Requirement for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery (pdf) (updated January 2025)

Sablefish Primary Fishery

• Compliance Guide Pacific Coast Groundfish Sablefish Regulations: Electronic Fish Tickets (pdf)
• Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Sablefish Permit Stacking Program (pdf)