- The National Marine
Fisheries Service announces adjustments to quota share
accounts for Pacific whiting in the Shorebased Individual
Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program; adjustments to vessel accounts
for surplus carryover in the Shorebased IFQ Program; and
allocation of Pacific whiting for the Mothership and
Catcher/Processor Coop Programs. See the
public notice for details.
05/14/12
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The National Marine Fisheries Service,
Northwest Fisheries Science Center announces that the 2011
Economic Data Collection (EDC) forms are now available on
the web at
www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/edc, and
are currently being mailed to participants in the trawl
rationalization program. The forms are due on September 1,
2012. See the
public notice
for details.
05/10/12
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05/08/12
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Groundfish Public Notice - The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) recommended changes to
management measures at their April 1-6, 2012 meeting in
Seattle, WA. These changes are described in
this public notice
and
Federal Register Notice.
The Council recommended and NMFS is implementing the
following reduced trip limits for 2012, beginning May 1: Limited
Entry Fixed Gear, North of 36° N. lat., from “1,300
lb (590 kg) per week, not to exceed 5,000 lb (2,268) per 2
months” to “1,000
lb (454 kg) per week, not to exceed 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) per
2 months” beginning
in period 3, May 1, 2012 through the end of the year.
Additionally, this action allows for an 2012 incidental
catch limit of halibut allowed
only North of Pt. Chehalis, WA (46°53.30’ N. lat.) in the limited
entry fixed gear sablefish
primary season
(i.e. tier
limit fishery).
04/25/12
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- Notice of Availability
- The following document: Preseason Report III Council
Adopted Management Measures and Environmental Assessment Part 3
for 2012 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations, published April
2012, is available on the Council's website. Visit the
Preseason Report III webpage.
04/17/12
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- Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery -
Changes to commercial Fishery Management Measures.
NMFS is implementing a shift in the shoreward line of the
trawl Rockfish Conservation Area in Washington State, south
of Cape Alava and in northern California, north of Cape
Mendocino.
04/16/12
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- April 2012 Council
Meeting Decision Summary Document Available - The
Pacific Fishery Management Council met April 1-6, 2012 in
Seattle, Washington. The April 2012 Council Meeting Decision
Summary Document summarizes the decisions made during that
meeting.
04/09/12
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- On April 2, NMFS published a
final rule extending the southern boundary of the Central
California Coast coho salmon ESU to include Soquel and Aptos
creeks
04/02/12
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- On April 2, NMFS announced a
negative 12-month finding on a petition to list Chinook
salmon in the Upper Klamath/Trinity River basin
04/02/12
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03/20/12
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03/17/12
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Notice of Availability; NMFS Guidance Letter
Additional Information
- The National Marine Fisheries Service has transmitted
their letter to the Pacific Fishery Management Council
regarding NOAA Fisheries' consultation standards as well as
preliminary guidance regarding the potential effects of the
2012 ocean salmon fishery season on listed salmonid species.
The guidance letter is available on the Council's March 2012
Briefing Book website; please see
Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental NMFS Report.
A White
Paper providing additional detail on the Sacramento Winter
Chinook ESA consultation standard is now available; please
see
Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental NMFS Report 2.
03/01/12
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- Public Notice: Pacific
Coast Groundfish Fishery - Changes to recreational
fishery management measures - #NMFS-SEA-12-03 - 03/01/2012.
Please see the
Public Notice and the Federal
Register Notice for further information.
03/01/12
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03/01/12
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- Notice of Availability;
Guidance Letter - The National Marine Fisheries Service
has transmitted their letter to the Pacific Fishery
Management Council regarding NOAA Fisheries' consultation
standards as well as preliminary guidance regarding the
potential effects of the 2012 ocean salmon fishery season on
listed salmonid species. The guidance letter is available on
the Council's March 2012 Briefing Book website; please see
Agenda Item G.4.c, Supplemental NMFS Report.
02/27/12
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- Notice of Availability
- The document Preseason Report I: Stock Abundance Analysis
and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2012 Ocean Salmon
Fishery Regulations has been posted to the Council's
website. Please visit the
2012 Preseason Report I webpage to view and download
the document.
This is the second report in an annual series of four
reports prepared by the Salmon Technical Team of the Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council) to document and help
guide salmon fishery management off the coasts of
Washington, Oregon, and California. The report focuses on
Chinook, coho, and pink salmon stocks that have been
important in determining Council fisheries in recent years,
and on stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
with established National Marine Fisheries Service ESA
consultation standards. This report will be formally
reviewed at the
Council's March meeting.
02/27/12
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On January 5, 2012, NMFS announced the
release of the Draft Southern Oregon/Northern California
Coast Recovery Plan (Draft Plan) for public review and
comment. The Draft Plan addresses the Southern
Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus
kisutch) Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). NMFS is
soliciting review and comment from the public and all
interested parties on the Draft Plan. As part of that
proposal, we provided a 60-day comment period, ending on
March 5, 2012. We have received requests for an extension of
the public comment period. In response to these requests, we
are extending the comment period for the proposed action an
additional 60 days.
Read the Federal Register notice here.
02/24/12
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02/24/12
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- NMFS: NWR (DOC: NOAA)
announces new Pacific Whiting Treaty WebPage and Scientific
Review Group Meeting Notice. Please see
Public Notice NMFS-SEA-12-2 for full document.
02/07/12
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