NMFS Adjusts Management Measures for Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has announced adjustments to the management measures for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery off Washington, Oregon, and California, aiming to harvest the remaining 1997 limited entry nontrawl allocation for sablefish. These changes include setting daily and cumulative trip limits for the nontrawl limited entry sablefish fishery after the mop-up fishery.