# Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Crustacean Fisheries; Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Fishery; Closure of the Year 2000 Fishery
> **Rule** · Final rule; emergency closure. · Published 2000-06-26 · Effective 2000-07-01 · 65 FR 39314
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-16111
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Region:** west coast
- **Species:** lobster
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 39314
- **Publication date:** 2000-06-26
- **Effective date:** 2000-07-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 000619185-0185-01
## Abstract

NMFS issues a final rule to close the 2000 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) commercial lobster fishery, which is scheduled to open on July 1, 2000. This rule, which is authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson- Stevens Act), amends current regulations promulgated under the Fishery Management Plan for Crustacean Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (FMP). NMFS is closing the lobster fishery to prevent the potential for overfishing lobster resources.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/06/26/00-16111/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-and-in-the-western-pacific-western-pacific-crustacean-fisheries)
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