Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Whiting; Fishery Closure
seasonal-closure · west coast · Published 2005-08-31 · Effective 2005-08-26 · 70 FR 51682
Document
Document number
05-17342
Federal Register citation
70 FR 51682
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; request for comments.
Category
seasonal-closure
Region
west coast
Publication date
2005-08-31
Effective date
2005-08-26
NOAA docket
Docket No. 050816224-5224-01
Abstract
This emergency rule, implemented under the authority of the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery management plan (FMP), establishes a salmon conservation zone for the primary Pacific whiting (whiting) fishery, shoreward of a boundary line approximating the 100-fm (183-m) depth contour. Under this rule, fishing for Pacific whiting within the salmon conservation zone is prohibited.