Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Annual Specifications and Management Measures; Trip Limit Adjustments and Closures
catch-limit · west coast · Published 2002-07-05 · Effective 2002-07-01 · 67 FR 44778
Document
Document number
02-16811
Federal Register citation
67 FR 44778
Type
Rule
Action
Inseason trip limit adjustments and closures; request for comments.
Category
catch-limit
Region
west coast
Publication date
2002-07-05
Effective date
2002-07-01
NOAA docket
Docket No. 011231309-2090-03
Abstract
NMFS announces changes in the following trip limits for the Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries: limited entry groundfish trawl gear fisheries north of 40 deg.10' N. lat. and limited entry fixed gear, open access, and recreational fisheries south of 40 deg.10' N. lat. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), are intended to prevent the fisheries from exceeding optimum yield (OY) and to protect the overfished species of darkblotched and bocaccio rockfish.