Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Commercial Inseason Adjustments and Closures from Cape Flattery to Leadbetter Point, WA

NMFS announces the following inseason adjustments to the commercial salmon fishery in the area between Cape Flattery (48 deg.23'00'' N. lat.) and Cape Alava (48 deg.10'00'' N. lat.). West of 125 deg.05'00'' W. long. and Cape Alava and Leadbetter Point, WA: Suspension of certain gear restrictions and the 100-coho trip limit for the open period from July 31 to August 3, 1999; closing the entire area to fishing from August 4 through August 14, 1999; reopening the area between Cape Alava and Leadbetter Point, WA, from August 14 through August 17, 1999, with the suspension of certain gear restrictions and the 100-coho trip limit; and closing the entire area to fishing starting August 18, 1999, for the duration of the season, scheduled to close September 30, 1999, due to the attainment of the 7,000-chinook guideline. These actions were necessary to conform to the 1999 management measures and were intended to ensure conservation of chinook salmon.