Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Trip Limit Increases

NMFS announces changes to the restrictions to the Pacific Coast groundfish limited entry and open access fisheries for widow rockfish, yellowtail rockfish, Dover sole, thornyheads, and sablefish (taken with trawl or fixed gear); and in the open access fishery for bocaccio taken with hook-and-line or pot gear, and for thornyheads caught in the pink shrimp trawl fishery. These restrictions are intended to extend the fisheries as long as possible during the year and to keep landings within the 1998 harvest guidelines (HGs) and allocations for these species. This document also corrects an error in the annual specifications and management measures for the Pacific Coast fishery published January 6, 1998.