Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Fixed Gear Sablefish Mop-Up
fishery-mgmt · west coast · sablefish · Published 1999-09-21 · 64 FR 51079
Document
Document number
99-24487
Federal Register citation
64 FR 51079
Type
Rule
Action
Announcement of fixed gear sablefish mop-up fishery; fishing restrictions, request for comments.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
west coast
Species
sablefish
Publication date
1999-09-21
NOAA docket
Docket No. 981231333-8333-01
Abstract
NMFS announces adjustments to the management measures for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery off Washington, Oregon, and California. This action establishes beginning and ending dates and the cumulative period landings limit for the mop-up portion of the limited entry, fixed gear sablefish fishery. These actions are intended to provide for harvest of the remainder of the sablefish available to the 1999 limited entry, fixed gear primary sablefish fishery. This action applies only in waters north of 36 deg. N. lat.