Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Spiny Dogfish; Open Access; Routine Management Measure; Closure Authority
seasonal-closure · west coast · Published 2005-05-05 · Effective 2005-05-02 · 70 FR 23804
Document
Document number
05-9001
Federal Register citation
70 FR 23804
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; request for comments.
Category
seasonal-closure
Region
west coast
Publication date
2005-05-05
Effective date
2005-05-02
NOAA docket
Docket No. 050302053-5120-03
Abstract
This emergency rule establishes routine management measure authority, under the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP), to reduce trip limits to incidental levels in the open access fishery for groundfish before the sector has taken its full target groundfish species' allocations, to minimize impacts on overfished species. This action establishes a mechanism that can be used to quickly restrict the directed open access groundfish fishery if NMFS estimates that the incidental catch of an overfished species is too high.