Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery

الملخص

On November 16, 1992, NMFS promulgated regulations, effective January 1, 1993, establishing a license-limitation-limited-entry system for the Pacific Coast commercial groundfish fishery. The regulations, among other things, require that an owner of a vessel wishing to participate in the limited-entry fishery have a Federally issued limited-entry permit endorsed with an appropriate vessel size endorsement. In view of a delay in issuing certain other regulations necessary to fully implement this system, this action suspends until April 1, 1994, the effectiveness of the vessel size endorsement requirement, which limits variances in vessel length from the length specified in a permit. The intent of this action is to allow vessel owners to participate in the limited-entry fishery who would otherwise be barred from the fishery by the size endorsement requirement.