U.S. Proposes Rule to Rebuild Overfished Armorhead Stock at Hancock Seamounts

Summary

The U.S. government has proposed a rule to continue a moratorium on fishing for bottomfish and seamount groundfish at the Hancock Seamounts until the overfished U.S. stock of pelagic armorhead is rebuilt, and to reclassify the management area as an ecosystem management area to facilitate research on armorhead and other seamount groundfish.