NMFS Announces Exempted Fishing Permit Application for West Coast Groundfish Fishery

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received an application for an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) from the West Coast Seafood Processors Association, Environmental Defense Fund, Oregon Trawl Commission, and Pacific Seafoods to minimize salmon bycatch in the shore-based individual fishing quota (IFQ) fishery when targeting rockfish.