NMFS Announces Amendment 5 to Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan for California Drift Gillnet Fishery

Summary

The Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species, which aims to implement a federal limited entry permit for the California/Oregon large-mesh drift gillnet fishery, bringing it under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act authority.