Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Amendment 17
catch-limit · west coast · Published 2003-09-04 · Effective 2003-10-06 · 68 FR 52519
Document
Document number
03-22455
Federal Register citation
68 FR 52519
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
catch-limit
Region
west coast
Publication date
2003-09-04
Effective date
2003-10-06
NOAA docket
Docket No. 030602142-3212-02
Abstract
NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 17 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Amendment 17 changes the Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council's) annual groundfish management process from an annual to a biennial process. Amendment 17 is intended to ensure that the specifications and management measures process comports with a Federal Court ruling, to make the Council's development process for specifications and management measures more efficient so that more time is available for other management activities, and to streamline the NMFS regulatory process for implementing the specifications and management measures.