Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments; Correction
catch-limit · west coast · Published 2007-08-03 · Effective 2007-08-01 · 72 FR 43193
Document
Document number
07-3811
Federal Register citation
72 FR 43193
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; inseason adjustments to groundfish anagement measures; correction.
Category
catch-limit
Region
west coast
Publication date
2007-08-03
Effective date
2007-08-01
NOAA docket
Docket No. 060824226-6322-02
Abstract
This final rule corrects publication errors in the final rule announcing inseason changes to management measures in the commercial Pacific Coast groundfish fishery, which were published in the Federal Register on July 5, 2007, and are effective August 1, 2007. This correction reinstates several trip limits in the limited entry commercial groundfish trawl fishery that were inadvertently omitted in the final rule. These changes ensure that the trip limits, intended to allow fisheries to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and depleted stocks, remain in place.