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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AV72 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
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: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1851   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/00/2008    
NPRM Comment Period End  12/00/2008    
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