Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Interim Specifications and Management Measures for Pacific Sardine
catch-limit · west coast · Published 2024-07-12 · Effective 2024-07-11 · 89 FR 57093
Document
Document number
2024-15346
Federal Register citation
89 FR 57093
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
catch-limit
Region
west coast
Publication date
2024-07-12
Effective date
2024-07-11
NOAA docket
Docket No: 240708-0187
Abstract
This final rule implements interim annual harvest specifications and management measures for the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine (hereafter, Pacific sardine), pursuant to an order issued on June 28, 2024, by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oceana, Inc., v. Raimondo, et al., No. 5:21- cv-05407-VKD (N.D. Cal., filed July 14, 2021). Specifically, this rule re-instates the annual specifications and management measures that were in place for the 2023-2024 fishing year in whole, until August 1, 2024.