Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Annual Specifications and Management Measures; Corrections; Trip Limit Adjustments

NMFS announces changes in the following trip limits for the Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries north and south of 40 deg.10' N. lat.: limited entry trawl for flatfish north, limited entry fixed gear and open access for minor nearshore rockfish north, open access for minor nearshore rockfish south, and open access for yellowtail rockfish taken with salmon troll gear. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) are intended to help the fisheries achieve optimum yield (OY) while protecting overfished and depleted stocks. This document also contains corrections relating to the lingcod and boccacio OYs, which were initially announced in the annual specifications and management measures that were published on January 11, 2001.