# Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Amendment 16 to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2011-12-29 · Effective 2012-01-30 · 76 FR 81851
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-33308
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** west coast
- **Species:** salmon
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 81851
- **Publication date:** 2011-12-29
- **Effective date:** 2012-01-30
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 101206604-1758-02
## Abstract

NMFS issues a final rule under authority of the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to implement Amendment 16 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan for Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California (Salmon FMP). NMFS approved Amendment 16 on December 16, 2011. This final rule implements components of Amendment 16 that bring the Salmon FMP into compliance with the MSA as amended in 2007, and the corresponding revised National Standard 1 Guidelines (NS1Gs) to end and prevent overfishing. Amendment 16 identifies stocks that are in the fishery, establishes status determination criteria (SDC), and specifies overfishing limits (OFLs), acceptable biological catch (ABC), and annual catch limits (ACLs). Amendment 16 also includes "de minimis" fishing provisions that allow for low levels of fishing impacts on stocks that are at low levels of abundance.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/12/29/2011-33308/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-west-coast-salmon-fisheries-amendment-16-to-the-salmon-fishery)
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