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RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; West Coast salmon fisheries,
Published: 2000-05-05
NMFS establishes fishery management measures for the ocean
salmon fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California for the 2000
and 2001 salmon seasons opening earlier than May 1, 2001. Specific
fishery management measures vary by fishery and by area. The measures
establish fishing areas, seasons, quotas, legal gear, recreational
fishing days and
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Western Pacific crustacean,
Published: 2000-06-26
NMFS issues a final rule to close the 2000 Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) commercial lobster fishery, which is scheduled
to open on July 1, 2000. This rule, which is authorized by the
MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson
Stevens Act), amends current regulations promulgated under the Fishery
Management Plan for
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2000-11-21
NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement portions of
Amendment 13 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
(FMP). Amendment 13 is intended to make the FMP consistent with the
bycatch provisions of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (MagnusonStevens Act). Amendment 13 would also increase
flexibility in
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2000-09-07
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 mopup portion of the limited
entry, fixed gear sablefish fishery. These actions are intended to
provide for
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast salmon,
Published: 2000-06-27
NMFS announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) has submitted Amendment 14 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Plan
for Secretarial review. Amendment 14 has multiple parts. The major
parts of the amendment include revising the Salmon FMP to bring it into
compliance with the 1996 amendments to the MagnusonStevens Fishery
Conservation
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; meetings,
Published: 2000-11-15
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold its 107th meeting November 28 through December 1, 2000, in
Honolulu, HI. A public hearing will be held on a framework amendment to
add new entry criteria for the Mau Zone limited entry bottomfish
fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI).
RULES: West Coast salmon,
Published: 2000-09-05
NMFS announces that the recreational selective fishery for
marked hatchery coho in the area from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain,
Oregon, was closed on July 25, 2000, at 2359 hours local time (l.t.).
The recreational fishery for allsalmonexceptcoho reopened on July
26, 2000. The Northwest Regional Administrator, NMFS (Regional
Administrator),
PROPOSED RULES: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; meetings,
Published: 2000-06-27
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold its 105th meeting in Midway at Midway Atoll. The
Council will hold a Precious Corals Plan Team meeting and a public
hearing in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Council intends to take action under
the Fishery Management Plan for the Precious Corals Fisheries of the
Western Pacific
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2000-11-09
NMFS announces closure of the 2000 catcher/processor fishery
for Pacific whiting (whiting) at 6 p.m. local time (l.t.) November 6,
2000, because the allocation for the catcher/processor sector will be
reached by that time. This action is intended to keep the harvest of
whiting within the 2000 allocation levels.
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Precious corals,
Published: 2000-09-05
NMFS proposes a rule that would make eight changes to the
regulations implementing the Fishery Management Plan for Precious Coral
Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (FMP). This proposed rule
would: Suspend the harvest for gold coral at the established Makapuu
Bed, Oahu; redefine ``dead precious coral'' as coral without living
coral polyps or
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast State and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2000-07-05
NMFS reopens the public comment period on a proposed rule to
prohibit the use of setnet (gillnet and trammel nets) fishing gear to
take groundfish species in portions of the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ) adjacent to state waters at four areas off California. NMFS is
reopening the comment period to ensure that affected fishers are aware
of the
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Western Pacific pelagic,
Published: 2000-11-03
NMFS makes changes to an emergency interim rule published on
August 25, 2000, governing the Hawaiibased pelagic longline fishery.
The changes, which are only applicable to the Hawaiibased pelagic
longline fishery when fishing in Area C, as designated under that rule,
expressly prohibit directing longline fishing effort toward the harvest
of
