Fisheries Management – Pacific Coast Groundfish

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 2026-08-20 — Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2025-2026 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments: 2026 — NOAA inseason final rule raising commercial sablefish trip limits coastwide while reducing vermilion and sunset rockfish sub-limits south of Point Conception to align harvest with stock abundance under the 2025–26 biennial specifications. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-22 — Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 36; Limited Entry Fixed Gear Follow-On Actions: 2026 — NMFS final rule implementing Amendment 36 follow-on actions for the limited entry fixed gear (LEFG) primary sablefish fishery: adds gear-endorsement flexibility, removes the LEFG base-permit designation and primary sablefish season hour limits, and establishes a cost-recovery program funded by permit holders. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-21 — Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 38; 2027-28 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures: Proposed Amendment 38 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP would remove rebuilding plans for yelloweye rockfish and California quillback rockfish after both stocks were determined rebuilt, with a draft NEPA EA open for public comment as part of the 2027–28 biennial specifications process. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-11 — Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2026 Pacific Whiting Harvest Specifications, 2026 Tribal Allocation, and 2026 Incidental Set-Aside: 2026 Pacific whiting harvest specifications finalized by NOAA, setting total allowable catch with Tribal allocations and incidental set-asides to prevent overfishing and implement Tribal treaty rights (final rule). (novelty: 2)

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