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Groundfish Document Library: Historical Groundfish EA/EIS/RIR/IRFA Documents

Documents are listed by the Year/Month Published. Items will be added summer/fall 2011.

2004

DRAFT Programmatic EIS: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Bycatch Mitigation Program (February 2004)

2003

FEIS/RIR/IRFA: Proposed ABCs, OYs, and Management Measures for the 2004 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery (December 2003)
EA/RIR/IRFA: Emergency Rule Implementing the Management Measures in January and February 2004 for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery (November 2003)
DRAFT EIS: Proposed ABCs and OY Specifications and Management Measures for the 2004 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery (October 2003)

2002

EA/RIR/IRFA: Emergency Rule Implementing Proposed Groundfish ABCs, OYs, and Management Measures in January and February 2003 (November 2002)
DRAFT EIS/RIR/IRFA: for the Proposed Groundfish ABC and OY Specifications and Management Measures 2003 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery (October 2002)
EA/RIR: Use of Sablefish Setnet Landings to Qualify for Fixed Gear Sablefish Tiered Cumulative Limits (April 2002)

2001

EA/RIR/IRFA for Proposed Groundfish Acceptable Biological Catch and Optimum Yield Specifications and Management Measures for the 2002 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery (December 2001)
EA/RIR: Use of Sablefish Setnet Landings to Qualify for Fixed Gear Sablefish Tiered Cumulative Limits (July 2001)
EA/RIR: Regulations to Allow Retention of Halibut Caught With Longline Gear in the Primary Directed Sablefish Fishery (April 2001)

1999

EA/RIR for Proposed 2000 Groundfish ABCs and OY Specifications for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; AND Implementing Management Measures for 2000 (December 2, 1999); Revised Pages December 6, 1999

1998

EA for Proposed 1999 Groundfish ABCs and OY Specifications for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery (December 1998)
EA/RIR: Proposal to Change the Postseason Closure and a Framework for Providing a Choice of Openings for the West Coast Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Primary Fishery (May 1998)
EA/RIR/IRFA: Fixed Gear Sablefish Tiered Cumulative Limits (Proposal to Change the Management of the Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Segment of the Groundfish Fishery for 1998 and Beyond) UPDATED (February 1998)
EA for Proposed 1998 Groundfish ABCs and Harvest Guideline Specifications (January 1998)

1997

EA for PFMC’s Specification of 1998 ABCs and HGs for the West Coast Groundfish Fishery (December 1997)
EA/RIR/IRFA: Proposal to Change the Management of the Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Segment of the Groundfish Fishery for 1998 and Beyond (Tiered Cumulative Limits) August 1997
Draft EA/RIR to Restrict Setnet Fishing in Certain Portions of the EEZ off California Consistent with California State Law (July 1997)
DRAFT EA/RIR/IRFA: Proposal to Change the Management of the Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Segment of the Groundfish Fishery for 1998 and Beyond (May 1997)
EA/RIR: Frequency of Limited Entry Permit Transfers (March 1997)
REVISED EA/RIR/RFA: Proposal to Change the Management of the Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Segment of the Groundfish Fishery (March 1997)
EA/RIR: Pacific Whiting Allocation and Seasons; Proposal to Allocate Pacific Whiting Among Non-Tribal Sectors and to Establish a Framework for Modifying Season Opening Dates (February 1997)

1996

EA/RIR/IRFA: Proposal to Change the Management of the Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Segment of the Groundfish Fishery (November 1996)
EA/RIR: A Proposed Regulatory Amendment to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Regulations (Sorting, Retention of Fish Landings, Oregon Black Rockfish); Published July 1996

1995

EA/RIR: Proposal to Delay the Opening Date of the Pacific Whiting Fishery North of 42°N Latitude (November 1995)
EA/RIR: Proposal to Change the Start Date for the West Coast Fixed Gear Sablefish Unrestricted (Derby) Fishery, and Revise Associated Regulations (November 1995)

1994

1993

EA/RIR: Pacific Whiting Allocation (Anticipated Biological, Social and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Allocate the Resource in 1994, 1995, and 1996 (December 1993)

1992

EA/RIR/IRFA: Pacific Whiting Allocation Framework (Proposed Amendment to the Federal Groundfish Regulations) December 1992
EA: for a Proposed Emergency Rule to Manage the 1992 Fishery for Pacific Whiting (March 1992)
EA: Measures for Reducing Bycatch in the Pacific Whiting Fishery off California, Oregon, and Washington in 1992 (March 1992)

1991

EA/RIR: Season Opening Date for Pacific Whiting (December 1991)
EA/RIR: For a Proposed Regulation to Allocate Pacific Whiting Among Domestic Fishermen (May 1991)

Last modified: 12/21/2011