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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BH34 Publication ID: Spring 2018 
Title: ●Announce Pacific Council Deliberations to Limit Gear Switching in the West Coast Trawl Catch Share Groundfish Fishery 
Abstract:

This action announces that gear switching conducted after September 15, 2017, may not be credited by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) is studying changes to the West Coast groundfish trawl catch share program (Program). The Council is studying limits to the extent, location, and ability to use non-trawl gear types to prosecute the trawl fishery (termed "gear switching"). This Council announcement for the Program is intended to discourage increased acquisition and usage of permits and/or usage of the shoreside trawl allocation using fixed-gear based on economic speculation while the Pacific Council develops changes to the trawl catch share program. 

 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  05/00/2018 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  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:
Barry Thom
Regional Administrator, West Coast Region
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1201 NE Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100,
Portland, OR 97232
Phone:503 231-6266
Email: barry.thom@noaa.gov