# Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2011 Management Measures
> **Rule** · Final rule; request for comments; notice of availability of an environmental assessment. · Published 2011-05-04 · Effective 2011-05-01 · 76 FR 25246
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-10796
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** west coast
- **Species:** salmon
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 25246
- **Publication date:** 2011-05-04
- **Effective date:** 2011-05-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 110223162-1268-01
## Abstract

NMFS establishes fishery management measures for the 2011 ocean salmon fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California and the 2012 salmon seasons opening earlier than May 1, 2012. Specific fishery management measures vary by fishery and by area. The measures establish fishing areas, seasons, quotas, legal gear, recreational fishing days and catch limits, possession and landing restrictions, and minimum lengths for salmon taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (3- 200 NM) off Washington, Oregon, and California. The management measures are intended to prevent overfishing and to apportion the ocean harvest equitably among treaty Indian, non-treaty commercial, and recreational fisheries. The measures are also intended to allow a portion of the salmon runs to escape the ocean fisheries in order to provide for spawning escapement and to provide for inside fisheries (fisheries occurring in state internal waters). This document also announces the availability of an environmental assessment (EA) that analyzes the environmental impacts of implementing the 2011 ocean salmon management measures.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/05/04/2011-10796/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-west-coast-salmon-fisheries-2011-management-measures)
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