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RIN 0648-BO30
NOAA-NMFS-2025-0900
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast groundfish fishery; Emergency Action to temporarily increase 2026 harvest specifications and sector allocations for shortspine thornyhead, canary rockfish, and petrale sole
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Comments
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Description
This emergency rule temporarily increases 2026 harvest specifications and sector allocations for shortspine thornyhead, canary rockfish, and petrale sole in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. This increase in harvest specifications is based on new, recently discovered information from the latest catch-only projections, which show a higher biomass of these species available for harvest than determined by stock assessments used to set the 2025-26 harvest specifications and management measures. This action is necessary to alleviate significant direct economic loss caused by restrictive annual catch limits for these species.
Key Dates
Comment Period OpensJan 22, 2026
Comment Period ClosesFeb 24, 2026
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