fishery-mgmt · west coast · Published 1999-09-10 · Effective 1999-10-12 · 64 FR 49092
Document
Document number
99-23486
Federal Register citation
64 FR 49092
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; announcement of partial approval of an amendment to a fishery management plan, and announcement of stocks characterized as overfished.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
west coast
Publication date
1999-09-10
Effective date
1999-10-12
NOAA docket
Docket No. 990121026-9229-02
Abstract
NMFS announces the approval of Amendment 11 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) except for the bycatch provisions which were disapproved. NMFS issues this final rule to implement portions of that amendment that define overfished, identify essential fish habitat, and comply with other requirements of the Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA). This rule also implements Amendment 11's provisions governing the use of fish as compensation for fisher participation in collecting fishery resource information. NMFS also announces that it has informed the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) that three stocks managed under the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP, Pacific ocean perch, lingcod, and bocaccio, are overfished. These regulations are intended to improve the types and amount of scientific information available for use in stock assessments and management of the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.