Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Northern Anchovy Fishery

Zusammenfassung

NMFS announces receipt of an application for an exempted fishing permit(EFP) that would allow an experimental fishery for northern anchovy in an area off San Francisco closed to vessels fishing for the purposes of reducing the catch into products such as fish meal and oil. Reduction fishing is prohibited in the Farallon Islands closure by 50 CFR 660.512 of the regulations implementing the Northern Anchovy Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The purpose of the proposed experiment is to investigate the consequences of conducting a small- scale reduction fishery in the area. If granted, the permit would allow fishing that otherwise would be prohibited by the FMP and its implementing regulations. NMFS may authorize such a permit pursuant to regulations at 50 CFR 600.745(b).