0648-BL48 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC 2023-2024 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery

Every other year, the Pacific Fishery Management Council makes recommendations to set biennial allowable harvest levels for Pacific Coast groundfish, and recommends management measures for commercial, recreational, and tribal fisheries that are designed to achieve those harvest levels consistent with the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan.  For the 2023-24 biennium, the Pacific Fishery Management Council has recommended: Harvest specifications, including overfishing limits, acceptable biological catches, and annual catch limits; and Management measures to achieve those specifications. The specifications and management measures that would be forwarded by this action would be in effect from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2024. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) would implement this rulemaking under the authority of the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 660 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. No NPRM 10/14/2022 87 FR 62676 NPRM Comment Period End 11/14/2022 Final Action 12/16/2022 87 FR 77007 Final Action Effective 01/01/2023 Final Rule Correcting Amendment 03/01/2023 88 FR 12865 Final Rule Correcting Amendment Effective 03/01/2023 Final Rule Second Correcting Amendment 06/00/2023 Yes Businesses None No Yes No Scott Rumsey Acting Regional Administrator, West Coast Region 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 503 872-2791 scott.rumsey@noaa.gov 1201 NE Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100, Portland OR 97232