Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Trip Limit Changes
seasonal-closure · west coast · Published 1998-07-07 · Effective 1998-07-01 · 63 FR 36612
Document
Document number
98-17863
Federal Register citation
63 FR 36612
Type
Rule
Action
Fishing restrictions; request for comments.
Category
seasonal-closure
Region
west coast
Publication date
1998-07-07
Effective date
1998-07-01
NOAA docket
Docket No. 971229312-7312-01
Abstract
NMFS announces changes to the trip limits to the Pacific Coast groundfish limited entry fishery for the Sebastes complex south of Cape Mendocino, to the coastwide open access fisheries for widow rockfish, canary rockfish, the Sebastes complex, and lingcod, and to the open access nontrawl sablefish fishery north of 36 deg.00' N. lat. In addition, closure of the open access fishery for lingcod is announced for August 1, 1998. Trip limits for the Washington Coastal Treaty tribes for canary rockfish and lingcod also are announced. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), are intended to keep landings within the 1998 harvest guidelines (HGs) and allocations for these species.