# Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2011-05-11 · Effective 2011-05-11 · 76 FR 27508
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-10799
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** west coast
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 27508
- **Publication date:** 2011-05-11
- **Effective date:** 2011-05-11
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 100804324-1265-02
## Abstract

This final rule establishes the 2011-2012 harvest specifications for most of the species in the groundfish fishery and management measures for that fishery off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) and the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (PCGFMP). This rule also establishes, under emergency authority in section 305 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), harvest specifications for eight overfished species, and for flatfish. Emergency authority is being invoked to implement measures that were included in Amendment 16-5 to the PCGFMP, which NMFS disapproved in December 2010. These include a new rebuilding plan for petrale sole, revised rebuilding plans for the remaining seven overfished species, and revised status determination criteria and precautionary harvest control rule for flatfish.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/05/11/2011-10799/magnuson-stevens-act-provisions-fisheries-off-west-coast-states-pacific-coast-groundfish-fishery)
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