Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Trip Limit Adjustments

Zusammenfassung

NMFS announces changes to the limited entry and open access trip limits in the Pacific coast groundfish fishery. This document also announces the last cumulative trip limit period in 2000 for the "B" platoon, those limited entry trawl vessels designated to take their cumulative trip limits 2 weeks out of phase with the rest of the fleet. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP,) are intended to help the fisheries achieve optimum yield (OY) while still protecting overfished and depleted stocks.