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Trawl Catch Share Program Electronic Monitoring Workshop
- The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council)
will hold a workshop February 25-27 on electronic
monitoring in the rationalized groundfish trawl fishery,
which is open to the public. Visit the Council's website to
view the
Electronic Monitoring Workshop notice.
02/12/13
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Council
to Adopt Range of Alternatives for 2013 Ocean Salmon
Fisheries for Public Review -
The
Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory bodies will meet March 6-11, 2013 in Tacoma,
Washington to address issues related to salmon, Pacific
halibut, groundfish, coastal pelagic species, highly
migratory species, and habitat matters.
Please visit the "Current
Council Meeting" webpage for the meeting notice and
agenda details.
02/06/13
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Ad Hoc
Amendment 24 Workgroup Webinar -
The
Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council) Ad Hoc
Amendment 24 Workgroup will hold an online webinar
February 28 to review
the proposed action and range of alternatives for setting
harvest specifications and management measures for the
Pacific Coast groundfish fishery for a ten-year period,
2015-2024. The online webinar is open to the public,
although space for online access is limited to the first 100
participants. To view the full webinar details, and to make
webinar reservations, please see the
Ad Hoc Amendment 24 Workgroup Webinar notice,
available on the Council's website.
02/05/13
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- The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces publication of a rule
proposing cost recovery for the Pacific coast groundfish
trawl rationalization program. In accordance with the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, the cost recovery program would
collect mandatory fees of up to 3% of the ex-vessel value of
groundfish by sector in the trawl rationalization
program. Please see the proposed rule for details on the
cost recovery program. NMFS will accept public comment on
this proposed rule through 11:59 pm eastern time on March
18, 2013. Information on how to submit comments is available
in the
public notice and
proposed rule.
02/01/13
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01/22/13
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01/15/13
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- NMFS has made available an
updated PDF document that includes all of the Federal
Pacific coast groundfish regulations, updated with changes
through January 1, 2013, including new harvest
specifications and management measures. The regulations are
available on the NMFS NWR website at
www.nwr.noaa.gov. Click on "Groundfish and Halibut",
select "Groundfish Fishery Management" and then select
"Regulations".
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Groundfish-Halibut/Groundfish-Fishery-Management/Regulations/upload/pink-pgs.pdf
Please note that the utmost care has been taken to ensure
the contents of this file match the Code of Federal
Regulations; however, any discrepancies will be resolved in
favor of the Code of Federal Regulations.
01/11/13
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The Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) is announcing the dates of availability for its
annual preseason planning documents for ocean salmon
fisheries. The reports will be posted electronically on the
Council’s website, or you may request hard copies or CD-ROM
copies of the reports by filling out and submitting the
Salmon Management Documents Order Form.
The scheduled availability for the salmon
preseason management documents are as follows:
Review of
2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
Available February 15
Preseason
Report I - Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental
Assessment Part 1 for 2013 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
Available March 1
Preseason
Report II - Proposed Alternatives and Environmental
Assessment Part 2 for 2013 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
Available March 20
Preseason
Report III - Council-Adopted Management Measures and
Environmental Assessment Part 3 for 2013 Ocean Salmon
Fisheries
Available April 22
01/08/13
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- The National Marine
Fisheries Service announces the release of additional
whiting quota pounds to quota share permits/accounts in the
Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota Program. Please see the
public notice for further information.
01/07/13
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- The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the publication of a
proposed rule in the Federal Register that
proposes revisions to several portions of the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery Trawl Rationalization Program regulations
and requests comments on NMFS' preliminary conclusion that
the Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council's)
selection of the no action alternative regarding the
reconsideration of initial allocation of Pacific whiting is
consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act and other applicable law.
01/02/13
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12/31/12
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- The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the publication of a
Federal Register notice establishing the 2013-2014
groundfish harvest specifications and management measures. A
final rule, RIN 0648-BC35 has been filed with the Office of
the Federal Register at 11:15 a.m. on December 28, 2012 and
will publish on January 3, 2013. This final rule is
effective on January 1, 2013 and can be found at:
http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2012-31134_PI.pdf
The filed version that is linked above will only be
available until the Federal Register notice publishes on
January 3, 2013. The final Federal Register notice will be
available on the NMFS Northwest Region website on January 3,
2013.
12/28/12
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