Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Nontrawl Sablefish Mop-Up Fishery; Announcement of Extension

Resumen

NMFS announces the extension of and new ending date for the mop-up fishery for nontrawl limited entry sablefish. This action will delay the beginning of the October limited entry daily trip limit fishery. This action is taken in response to unusually bad coastwide weather during the first week of the mop-up fishery. This action is intended to increase safety while providing for harvest of the remainder of the 1997 limited entry nontrawl allocation for sablefish.