Action Grouping: Implemented

  • Control date: Highly Migratory Species

    Date: March 9, 2000 Federal Register summary: “The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) is developing a Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Highly Migratory Species (HMS) off the Pacific Coast that would place HMS species such as tuna, billfish, and sharks under Federal management. This document announces a control date of March 9, 2000, after which…

  • Control date: Permitting in the open access fishery

    Date: November 5, 1999 Federal Register summary: “The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) is considering management measures to reduce harvest capacity in the open access portion of the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery in Federal waters off Washington, Oregon, and California. NMFS has previously made a similar announcement relating to the limited entry and recreational portions…

  • Control date: Limiting participation by American Fisheries Act entities

    Date: September 16, 1999 Federal Register summary: “This document announces a control date of September 16, 1999, after which vessels eligible for benefits under the American Fisheries Act (AFA) may be subject to restrictions on participation in the Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries. The intended effect of announcing this control date is to discourage speculative entry…

  • Amendment 13: Protection and rebuilding of Oregon coastal natural coho

    The 13th amendment (January 1999) considered a change in the management of Oregon coastal natural coho salmon to utilize the most recent estimates of spawner escapements and abundance and to help ensure the protection and timely rebuilding of the stock.

  • CPS FMP Amendment 8: Convert Northern Anchovy Plan to CPS FMP

    Amendment 8 added Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax), Pacific (chub) mackerel (Scomber japonicas), Jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus), and market squid (Loligo opalescens) to the fishery management unit, which covered northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax), and changed the name of the FMP to “the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan”. In addition, the FMP contains a system of “actively managed”…

  • Control date: Harvest qualifications for trawl re-allocation and permit stacking

    Date: April 9, 1998 Federal Register summary: “The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) is considering whether there is a   need to impose additional management measures to further limit harvest capacity or to allocate between or within the limited entry commercial and the recreational groundfish fisheries in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the States of…

  • Amendment 12: Retention of salmon bycatch in trawl fisheries, management of ESA-listed species

    This document presents and analyzes proposed amendments to both the salmon and Pacific Coast groundfish fishery management plans (FMPs). The 12th amendment involved three issues: retention of salmon bycatch in trawl fisheries, management objectives for species listed under the Endangered Species Act, and updating the salmon FMP with no change in management objectives. Download Amendment 12 (salmon…

  • Amendment 11: Oregon coastal natural coho

    The eleventh amendment (Dec. 1993) addresses the failure of the seventh amendment to correctly anticipate the persistent low Oregon coastal natural coho stock abundance and subsequent frequency of annual spawner goals below MSY, and allows the Council to avoid possible imbalances in recreational coho harvest allocation at low allowable harvest levels and the constant use…

  • Amendment 10: Coho south of Cape Falcon, Klamath River Fall Chinook escapement goal, nontreaty catch allocation north of Cape Falcon

    The 10th amendment to the Pacific Coast Ocean Salmon Fishery Management Plan considered four issues during the development of final Amendment 10. However, the Council’s recommended alternatives require amendment of the FMP for only three of the four issues. The Council recommended status quo for Issue 2 (modification of the Klamath River fall chinook spawning…

  • Amendment 9: Klamath River Fall Chinook

    The ninth amendment to the salmon fishery management plan addresses the following six issues: Klamath River fall chinook salmon escapement goal Harvest allocation for non-Indian fisheries north of Cape Falcon Inseason notice procedures Steelhead management intent Radio reporting requirements for commercial salmon fishermen Limitations for season opening and closing dates Download the Ninth Amendment to the…

  • Amendment 8: habitat, temporary adjustments to fishery access

    Download complete amendment (January 1988) Cover, table of contents, acronyms, and introduction Amendment issue 1 – Habitat Amendment issue 2 – Temporary adjustments for access to the fishery for vessels denied harvest opportunity by unsafe weather or ocean conditions Habitat appendix Appendix A – Environmental assessment Appendix B – Consistency with Federal and state coastal management programs Appendix C –…

  • Amendment 7: Oregon Coast Natural coho escapement goals, inseason management flexibility, coho allocation impacts

    Amendment 7 (Oct. 1986) examines the Oregon Coast Natural coho escapement goal with regard to the biological and socioeconomic impacts of a deviation from the current goal at low stock sizes; the impacts created by additional flexibility in inseason management measures; and provides an analysis of impacts that result from increasing the harvest allocation of…

  • Amendment 6: Final framework amendment

    Framework Amendment for Managing the Ocean Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California Commencing in 1985 (October 1984)

  • Amendment 5: Proposed plan for 1983 salmon fisheries

    Proposed Plan for Managing the 1983 Salmon Fisheries off the Coast of California, Oregon and Washington

  • Amendments 3 and 4: Proposed plan for 1982 salmon fisheries

    Proposed Plan for Managing the 1982 Salmon Fisheries off the Coast of California, Oregon and Washington and Proposed Plan for Managing the 1982 Salmon Fisheries off the Coast of California, Oregon and Washington with Secretarial Amendment The portion of the amendment governing the recreational fishery coastwide, and the troll fishery north of Cape Blanco, was…

  • Amendment 2: Proposed plan for 1981 salmon fisheries

    Proposed Plan for Managing the 1981 Salmon Fisheries of the Coast of California, Oregon and Washington

  • Northern Anchovy Fishery: Final Environmental Impact Statement and Fishery Management Plan

    Northern Anchovy Fishery, Final Environmental Impact Statement and Fishery Management Plan (March 1978)

  • Amendment 1: Full fishery management plan

    Fishery Management Plan for Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California Commencing in 1978 Contents: Cover, Summary, Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapters 2: Description of the Stocks of Fish Comprising the Fishery Management Unit Chapter 3: Description of the Habitat Chapter 4: Existing Fishery Management Jurisdiction, Laws,…

  • 1977 Salmon Fishery Management Plan

    The first fishery management plan for salmon.