Fisheries Off West Coast States; Emergency Action to Temporarily Remove 2021 Seasonal Processing Limitations for Pacific Whiting Motherships and Catcher-Processors
fishery-mgmt · west coast · Published 2021-05-14 · Effective 2021-05-14 · 86 FR 26439
Document
Document number
2021-09558
Federal Register citation
86 FR 26439
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
west coast
Publication date
2021-05-14
Effective date
2021-05-14
NOAA docket
Docket No. 210430-0093
Abstract
This emergency rule temporarily allows at-sea Pacific whiting processing vessels to operate as both a mothership and a catcher-processor during the 2021 Pacific whiting fishery. This action is necessary to ensure catcher vessels in the at-sea whiting sector are able to fully harvest sector allocations. Emergency measures under this rule will allow catcher-processors to operate as motherships and replace mothership processing vessels that are unable to operate in the at-sea whiting sector during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting high economic uncertainty in 2021.