Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Trawl Rationalization Program
catch-limit · west coast · Published 2012-08-01 · Effective 2012-09-01 · 77 FR 45508
Document
Document number
2012-18780
Federal Register citation
77 FR 45508
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; emergency action.
Category
catch-limit
Region
west coast
Publication date
2012-08-01
Effective date
2012-09-01
NOAA docket
Docket No. 120312181-2279-01
Abstract
This action delays some and revises other portions of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Trawl Rationalization Program (program) regulations. These changes are necessary to enable the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to implement new regulations for the program to comply with a court order requiring NMFS to reconsider the initial allocation of Pacific whiting (whiting) to the shorebased Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) fishery and the at-sea mothership fishery. The rule affects the transfer of Quota Share (QS) and Incidental Bycatch Quota (IBQ) between QS accounts in the shorebased individual IFQ fishery, and severability in the mothership fishery, both of which will be delayed until NMFS can implement any necessary new allocation regulations required by the court's order.