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RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2003-07-23
NMFS announces corrections to the Pacific Coast groundfish
management measures published on March 7, 2003. South of 40[deg]10' N.
lat., references to an area between Point Fermin and Newport South
Jetty open during July and August to limited entry fixed gear and open
access groundfish fisheries is corrected to allow California
scorpionfish
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Fishery Management Council; environmental impact statement,
Published: 2003-03-18
On April 16, 2002, NMFS and the Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) announced their intent to prepare an EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
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(NEPA) of 1969 for Amendment 16 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). The FMP would be amended to establish procedures
for periodic
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific sardine, reallocation,
Published: 2003-09-09
NMFS announces the reallocation of the remaining Pacific
sardine harvest guideline in the exclusive economic zone off the
Pacific Coast. On September 1, 2003, 59,508 metric tons (mt) of the
110,908 mt harvest guideline is expected to remain unharvested. The
Coastal Pelagics Species Fishery Management Plan (FMP) requires that a
review of the fishery be
PROPOSED RULES: Pacific Coast groundfish vessel monitoring system,
Published: 2003-05-22
NMFS is proposing a rule that would require vessels registered
to Pacific Coast groundfish fishery limited entry permits to carry and
use mobile vessel monitoring system (VMS) transceiver units while
fishing in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coasts of
Washington, Oregon, and California. This action is necessary to monitor
compliance
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific whiting,
Published: 2003-10-29
NMFS announces closure of the 2003 catcher/processor fishery
for Pacific whiting (whiting) at noon local time (l.t.) October 24,
2003, 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 2003 allocation levels.
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific mackerel,
Published: 2003-07-29
NMFS proposes a regulation to implement the annual harvest
guideline for Pacific mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off
the Pacific coast. The Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery Management
Plan (FMP) and its implementing regulations require NMFS to set an
annual harvest guideline for Pacific mackerel based on the formula in
the FMP.
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Sea turtle; correction,
Published: 2003-03-21
This document contains a correction to a final rule that was
published on June 12, 2002.
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; meetings,
Published: 2003-09-09
The original public meeting document was published in the
Federal Register on August 27, 2003. Due to the U.S. District Court
ruling made by Judge Colleen KollarKotelly, on August 31, 2003, the
2002 Biological Opinion, issued on November 15, 2002, is ``vacated and
remanded to the National Marine Fisheries Service.'' Further, Judge
KollarKotelly ordered
PROPOSED RULES: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; meetings,
Published: 2003-05-22
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council)
Advisory Panels (APs) will meet on June 6 and 7, 2003, and the Council
will hold its 118th meeting June 10 through 13, 2003, in Honolulu, HI.
(see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific times, dates, and agenda
items).
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2003-11-04
NMFS issues a final rule to require vessels registered to
Pacific Coast groundfish fishery limited entry permits to carry and use
mobile vessel monitoring system (VMS) transceiver units while fishing
in state or Federal waters off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and
California. This action is necessary to monitor compliance with large
scale
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Crustacean, bottomfish and seamount groundfish, and precious corals,
Published: 2003-08-05
NMFS announces the approval of four supplemental amendments to
Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Precious Coral
Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Amendment 4); Amendment 6 to
the FMP for the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Amendment 6); Amendment 8 to the
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FMP
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2003-03-21
NMFS announces the receipt of an application, and NMFS' intent
to renew EFPs for vessels participating in an observation program to
monitor the incidental take of salmon and groundfish in the shorebased
component of the Pacific whiting fishery. The EFPs are necessary to
allow trawl vessels fishing for Pacific whiting to delay sorting their
catch,
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish; Groundfish Observer Program,
Published: 2003-09-10
NMFS proposes to amend the regulations implementing the
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to provide for a
mandatory, vesselfinanced observer program on atsea processing
vessels. This action would require processing vessels to employ and pay
for either one or two (depending on vessel length) NMFScertified
observers obtained
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2003-06-02
NMFS announces changes to the closed areas affecting the
limited entry trawl fleet and open access exempted trawl fleet, also
known as the trawl Rockfish Conservation Areas (trawl RCAs). For the
trawl ``B'' platoon, the closed areas for the cumulative limit period
beginning May 16 through June 30, 2003, will be the same for the ``A''
platoon. For
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast and Western Pacific fisheries—; Highy migratory species,
Published: 2003-11-06
NMFS announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) has submitted the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast
Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (FMP)for Secretarial review. The
FMP is a response to increasing concern about the effect of fishing on
highly migratory species (HMS) and on ocean resources caught
incidentally
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2003-08-18
NMFS announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) has submitted Amendment 161 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Secretarial review. Amendment 161
would set a process and standards by which the Council will specify
rebuilding plans for groundfish stocks declared overfished by the
Secretary of
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Precious coral, etc.,
Published: 2003-04-07
NMFS announces that the Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) has prepared supplements to FMP Amendment 4 to the
Fishery Management Plan for the Precious Coral Fisheries of the Western
Pacific Region (Amendment 4) fisheries, FMP Amendment 6 to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of
the
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; West Coast salmon,
Published: 2003-09-12
NMFS announces that the recreational selective fishery for
marked hatchery coho salmon in the area from Cape Falcon, OR to Humbug
Mountain, OR, was closed at midnight on August 19, 2003. The Northwest
Regional Administrator, NMFS (Regional Administrator), determined that
the quota of 88,000 marked hatchery coho had been reached. The
recreational
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2003-06-05
NMFS, in cooperation with the Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council), announces its intention to prepare an EIS in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to assess
the impacts of the 2004 Pacific Coast groundfish fishery specifications
and management measures on the human environment.
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2003-11-07
NMFS announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Pacific Council) has submitted Amendment 162 to the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Secretarial review.
Amendment 162 would amend the FMP to include overfished species
rebuilding plans for lingcod, canary rockfish, darkblotched rockfish,
and Pacific ocean perch
Part III: Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Published: 2003-01-07
NMFS announces the January through February 2003 management
measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
and state waters off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.
Management measures for January through February 2003 are intended to
prevent overfishing; rebuild overfished species; minimize incidental
catch
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Queets River to Cape Falcon, OR; recreational fishery,
Published: 2003-08-19
NMFS announces that the recreational fishery in the area from
the Queets River to Cape Falcon, Oregon, was modified to open 7 days
per week effective on Friday, July 26, 2003. On July 18, 2003, the
Northwest Regional Administrator, NMFS (Regional Administrator),
determined that available catch and effort data indicated that
increasing the days
RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish; correction,
Published: 2003-04-15
This document contains corrections to the final rule
published on March 7, 2003, for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Northern Mariana Islands Exclusive Economic Zone; bottomfish fishery resources,
Published: 2003-09-23
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Western
Pacific Council) and NMFS announce their intent to prepare a
comprehensive EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA) on the Federal management of bottomfish fishery
resources in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana
PROPOSED RULES: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries—; Pacific Coast groundfish,
Published: 2003-06-13
NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement Amendment 17 to
the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Amendment
17 would revise the Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council's)
annual groundfish management process so that it would become a biennial
process. Amendment 17 is intended to ensure that the specifications and
