Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Renewal of Exempted Fishing Permits
fishery-mgmt · west coast · Published 1999-03-31 · Effective 1999-04-01 · 64 FR 15307
Document
Document number
99-7889
Federal Register citation
64 FR 15307
Type
Rule
Action
Renewal of Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) for monitoring salmon bycatch in the Washington-Oregon-California (WOC) shore-based Pacific whiting fishery.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
west coast
Publication date
1999-03-31
Effective date
1999-04-01
NOAA docket
I.D. 032299A
Abstract
NMFS announces the receipt of an application, and NMFS' intent to renew EFPs to vessels participating in an observation program to monitor the incidental take of salmon and groundfish in the shore-based component of the Pacific whiting fishery. These EFPs are necessary to allow trawl vessels fishing for Pacific whiting to delay sorting of prohibited species and groundfish catch in excess of cumulative trip limits until the point of offloading. These activities are otherwise prohibited by Federal regulations.