Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Nontrawl Sablefish Mop-Up Fishery; Announcement of Extension
weather-emergency · west coast · sablefish · Published 1997-10-15 · Effective 1997-10-09 · 62 FR 53577
Document
Document number
97-27296
Federal Register citation
62 FR 53577
Type
Rule
Action
Nontrawl sablefish mop-up fishery and delay of the limited entry daily trip limit fishery; announcement of extension.
Category
weather-emergency
Region
west coast
Species
sablefish
Publication date
1997-10-15
Effective date
1997-10-09
NOAA docket
Docket No. 961227373-6373-01
Abstract
NMFS announces the extension of and new ending date for the mop-up fishery for nontrawl limited entry sablefish. This action will delay the beginning of the October limited entry daily trip limit fishery. This action is taken in response to unusually bad coastwide weather during the first week of the mop-up fishery. This action is intended to increase safety while providing for harvest of the remainder of the 1997 limited entry nontrawl allocation for sablefish.