Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Whiting Allocations and Fishery Closure; Pacific Whiting Seasons
seasonal-closure · west coast · Published 2015-02-10 · Effective 2014-10-20 · 80 FR 7390
Document
Document number
2015-02669
Federal Register citation
80 FR 7390
Type
Rule
Action
Reapportionment of tribal Pacific whiting allocation, and implementation of an Ocean Salmon Conservation Zone to protect Chinook salmon.
Category
seasonal-closure
Region
west coast
Publication date
2015-02-10
Effective date
2014-10-20
NOAA docket
Docket No. 131119977-4381-02
Abstract
This document announces the reapportionment of 45,000 metric tons (mt) of Pacific whiting from the tribal allocation to the non- tribal commercial fishery sectors via two actions, in order to allow full utilization of the Pacific whiting resource. It also announces the implementation of an Ocean Salmon Conservation Zone that prohibited the targeting of Pacific whiting with midwater trawl gear shoreward of approximately 100 fathoms (fm) (183 m) to reduce Chinook salmon bycatch in the Pacific whiting fishery.