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RIN: 0648-AM21

Publication ID: Spring 2000

Title: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Announcement of the 2000 Groundfish Fishery Specifications and Management Measures
Abstract: NMFS announces the 2000 fishery specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone and state waters off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, as authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The specifications include the levels of the acceptable biological catch and optimum yields (OYs), including the distribution between domestic and foreign fishing operations. The commercial OYs (the OYs reduced by amounts expected to be taken in tribal, recreational, and compensation fisheries) are allocated between the limited entry and open access fisheries. The management measures for 2000 are designed to keep landings within the OYs for those species for which there are OYs and to achieve the goals and objectives of the FMP, consistent with the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the implementing national guidelines published in the Federal Register on May 1, 1998. The intended effect of these actions is to prevent overfishing and rebuild Pacific Coast groundfish stocks that are overfished and, for healthier stocks, to establish allowable harvest levels and implement management measures designed to achieve as much of those harvest levels as possible, while achieving the conservation requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
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 660
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Final Action Effective	01/01/2000
Final Action	01/04/2000	65 FR 221

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Donna Darm Acting Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration BIN C15700, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1, Seattle, WA 48115-0070 Phone:206 526-6150