Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Renewal of Exempted Fishing Permit
fishery-mgmt · west coast · Published 2000-04-05 · Effective 2000-04-01 · 65 FR 17807
Document
Document number
00-8380
Federal Register citation
65 FR 17807
Type
Rule
Action
Renewal of Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) for monitoring incidental catch of salmon and groundfish in the Washington-Oregon- California (WOC) shore-based Pacific whiting fishery.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
west coast
Publication date
2000-04-05
Effective date
2000-04-01
NOAA docket
ID. 032700A
Abstract
NMFS announces the receipt of an application, and NMFS' intent to renew EFPs for vessels participating in an observation program to monitor the incidental take of salmon and groundfish in the shore-based component of the Pacific whiting fishery. These EFPs are necessary to allow trawl vessels fishing for Pacific whiting to delay sorting their catch, and thus to retain prohibited species and groundfish in excess of cumulative trip limits until the point of offloading. These activities are otherwise prohibited by Federal regulations.