Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Closure and Inseason Adjustments for the Recreational and Commercial Salmon Seasons from Queets River, WA, to Humbug Mountain, OR
seasonal-closure · west coast · salmon · Published 2001-08-29 · Effective 2001-07-19 · 66 FR 45634
Document
Document number
01-21858
Federal Register citation
66 FR 45634
Type
Rule
Action
Inseason closure, and adjustments to the 2001 annual management measures for the ocean salmon fishery; request for comments.
Category
seasonal-closure
Region
west coast
Species
salmon
Publication date
2001-08-29
Effective date
2001-07-19
NOAA docket
Docket No. 010502110-1110-01
Abstract
NMFS announces the following inseason actions for the ocean salmon fisheries: Closure of the recreational selective fishery for marked hatchery coho in the area from Cape Falcon, OR, to Humbug Mountain, OR, on July 19, 2001, at 2359 hours local time (l.t.); reopening of the recreational fishery for all salmon except coho on July 20, 2001; and modification of the weekly opening period and addition of a limited retention regulation for the commercial fishery from the Queets River, WA, to Cape Falcon, OR, to follow a cycle of 4 days open/3 days closed, and a limit of 65 chinook per open period per boat. These actions are necessary to conform to the 2001 annual management measures for ocean salmon fisheries.