Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries; Fishery Closure
seasonal-closure · western pacific · Published 2009-06-09 · Effective 2009-07-06 · 74 FR 27253
Document
Document number
E9-13500
Federal Register citation
74 FR 27253
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; closure.
Category
seasonal-closure
Region
western pacific
Publication date
2009-06-09
Effective date
2009-07-06
Abstract
NMFS is closing the commercial and non-commercial fisheries in the Main Hawaiian Islands fishery for seven deepwater bottomfish species ("Deep 7" bottomfish) as a result of reaching the total allowable catch (TAC) for the 2008-09 fishing year.