The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), in consultation with tribal fisheries managers, is moving 40,000 metric tons allocated to the tribal sector to the non-tribal commercial sector. The updated allocations are:
The National Marine Fisheries service (NMFS) is seeking comments on rule changes for bottom and midwater trawl gear for vessels participating in the trawl rationalization plan
The proposed changes would alter multiple restriction on net configuration, change gear location restrictions and alter regulations that affect operations on a single trip. The proposed changes can be found here and comments can be left here.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is requesting industry assistance to minimize sablefish bycatch in the at-sea whiting fishery. Areas north of 36° N. latitude are at greater than half of their set aside for 2018. The current set aside is 50 metric tons (mt), and the at-sea sector has landed ~ 26 mt of sablefish.
Please see here or here for further details.
Announcement # NMFS-SEA-18-11
NMFS has released the 2018 harvest specifications and allocations for Pacific whiting.
Allocation of the HG are as follows :
The final rule was published on May 15th, 2018 (Link).
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has announce interim and final rules for commercial and recreational fishing for Pacific halibut in area 2A. Please see the following links for details (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Detailed summary)
The Apex reporting system was recently upgraded and redesigned. You can view the reports using the ‘APEX Reporting System’ links in the quick links section or in the data menu. You can also click this link to be taken there. Please contact PacFIN staff if you have any questions or concerns about the reports.