Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Emergency Action to Temporarily Increase 2026 Harvest Specifications and Sector Allocations for Shortspine Thornyhead, Canary Rockfish, and Petrale Sole
catch-limit · west coast · rockfish · Published 2026-01-22 · Effective 2026-01-21 · 91 FR 2714
Document
Document number
2026-01150
Federal Register citation
91 FR 2714
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments.
Category
catch-limit
Region
west coast
Species
rockfish
Publication date
2026-01-22
Effective date
2026-01-21
NOAA docket
Docket No. 260116-0030
Abstract
This emergency rule temporarily increases 2026 harvest specifications and sector allocations for shortspine thornyhead, canary rockfish, and petrale sole in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. This increase in harvest specifications is based on new, recently discovered information from the latest catch-only projections, which show a higher biomass of these species available for harvest than determined by stock assessments used to set the 2025-26 harvest specifications and management measures. This action is necessary to alleviate significant direct economic loss caused by restrictive annual catch limits for these species.