Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Whiting Allocation
fishery-mgmt · west coast · Published 2009-02-12 · Effective 2008-11-26 · 74 FR 6997
Document
Document number
E9-3022
Federal Register citation
74 FR 6997
Type
Rule
Action
Reapportionment of surplus Pacific whiting allocation; request for comments.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
west coast
Publication date
2009-02-12
Effective date
2008-11-26
NOAA docket
Docket No. 080408542-8615-01
Abstract
NMFS has determined that 4,000 metric tons (mt) of the shore- based sector allocation and 6,000 mt of the mothership sector allocation would not be used by December 31, 2008. Therefore, NMFS has reapportioned the surplus whiting to the catcher/processor sector of the fishery.