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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AV72 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: A Maximized Retention and Monitoring Program for the Pacific Whiting Shoreside Fishery 
Abstract: The action is to establish a maximized retention and monitoring program in the Pacific whiting shoreside fishery off the coast of Washington, Oregon, and California. The shoreside whiting fishery has been managed under an annually issued exempted fisheries permit since 1992. Exempted fishing permits are intended to be used as a short-term temporary and exploratory response to issues that potentially should be addressed by permanent regulations. Establishing maximized retention requirements and a federal monitoring program will allow the National Marine Fisheries Service to: account for Chinook salmon catch as specified in the Endangered Species Act section 7 Biological Opinion for Chinook salmon catch in the Pacific groundfish fishery; meet standardized bycatch reporting requirements specified by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; collect biological data on catch that would otherwise not be available; and create the regulatory structure necessary to efficiently manage the Pacific whiting fishery without exempted fishing permits. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1851   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Withdrawn--Published Under 0648-AV46  04/30/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Becky Renko
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone:206 526-6140
Fax:206 526-6736
Email: becky.renko@noaa.gov