Groundfish Current Issues

The following topics in groundfish management have generated much discussion. To learn more, click on the links below.

• Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Proposed ABC/OY Specifications and Management Measures for the 2007-2008 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery / Amendment 16-4 to the Groundfish FMP
• Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation, Volume 1 (Published March 2008)
• 2007-2008 Groundfish Stock Assessments, STAR Panel Reports, and Rebuilding Analyses
• Acronyms and Definitions (fact sheet)
• Limited Entry Control Dates
• Current season management
• Trawl rationalization and individual fishing quotas (IFQs)
• Data from the NMFS fishery observer program
• Essential fish habitat environmental impact statement (NMFS website)
• Experimental fishing permits
• Fishing communities
• Fact sheet: Communities
• Resources for fishing families
• Fact sheet: Resources for Fishing Families and Businesses
• Rebuilding plans for stocks designated as overfished
• Update on rebuilding plans
• Fact sheet: Understanding Rebuilding Analyses
• Fact sheet: Questions and Answers about Rebuilding Plans
• Trawl vessel buyback
• Vessel monitoring systems