Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Annual Specifications and Management Measures; Trip Limit Adjustments and Closures
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.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration