Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Trawl Rationalization Program

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing changes to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Trawl Rationalization Program to comply with a court order requiring reconsideration of Pacific whiting allocations. The proposed rule would delay or revise several portions of the program regulations, including the transfer of Quota Share and Incidental Bycatch Quota between shorebased individual IFQ fishery and at-sea mothership fishery.