Fisheries Off West Coast States; Emergency Action To Temporarily Modify Continuous Transit Limitations for California Recreational Vessels
seasonal-closure · west coast · Published 2024-04-01 · Effective 2024-04-01 · 89 FR 22352
Document
Document number
2024-04965
Federal Register citation
89 FR 22352
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments.
Category
seasonal-closure
Region
west coast
Publication date
2024-04-01
Effective date
2024-04-01
NOAA docket
Docket No. 240229-0063
Abstract
This emergency rule temporarily modifies a continuous transit requirement for California recreational vessels. This modification will temporarily allow recreational vessels to anchor overnight and/or stop to fish for non-groundfish species inside the seasonal Recreational Rockfish Conservation Area off the coast of California, also known as the 50-fathom (91-meter) offshore fishery. This emergency measure will prevent the possible cancellation of thousands of recreational fishing trips during the 2024 recreational fishing season off California.