Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Whiting Closure for the Mothership Sector
seasonal-closure · west coast · Published 1998-06-03 · Effective 1998-05-31 · 63 FR 30147
Document
Document number
98-14741
Federal Register citation
63 FR 30147
Type
Rule
Action
Fishing restrictions; request for comments.
Category
seasonal-closure
Region
west coast
Publication date
1998-06-03
Effective date
1998-05-31
NOAA docket
Docket No. 971229312-7312-01
Abstract
NMFS announces the end of the 1998 mothership fishery for whiting at 9 p.m. local time (l.t.) May 31, 1998, because the allocation for the mothership sector will be reached by that time. This action is intended to keep the harvest of whiting at levels announced by NMFS on January 6, 1998.