NMFS Announces End of 2008 Pacific Whiting Primary Season

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is ending the 2008 Pacific whiting primary season for catcher-processor, mothership, and shore-based sectors at noon local time on August 19, 2008, to minimize the impact on canary rockfish, an overfished species, and keep its harvest within the 2008 optimum yield (OY).