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

NMFS announces changes to the restrictions to the Pacific Coast groundfish limited entry fisheries for Dover sole and trawl- caught sablefish in the April-May cumulative limit period, and for Sebastes complex species (including bocaccio, canary rockfish, and yellowtail rockfish) and for widow rockfish in the June-July, and August-September cumulative limit periods. NMFS announces changes to the restrictions on open access landings of groundfish by vessels fishing with exempted trawl gear. NMFS also announces the season start and end dates, and the tier limits for the 1999 limited entry, regular sablefish fishery. These restrictions are intended to extend the fisheries as long as possible during the year while keeping landings within the 1999 optimum yields (OYs) for these species and allocations.