Action Type: FMP Amendment

  • Groundfish FMP Amendment 19: Essential fish habitat

    Amendment 19 designated essential fish habitat for Council-managed species. The Council approved FMP Amendment 19 and submitted it to NMFS for review on November 23, 2005. NMFS partially approved the amendment on March 8, 2006. Two provisions were disapproved: the designation of specified oil rigs in Southern California as habitat areas of particular concern and…

  • CPS FMP Amendment 11: Long-term allocation framework for Pacific sardine

    In June 2005, the Council adopted a long-term allocation framework to apportion the annual Pacific sardine harvest guideline among the various non-tribal sectors of the sardine fishery. The resulting Amendment 11 to the CPS Fishery Management Plan (FMP) is intended to achieve optimal utilization of the resource and equitable allocation of harvest opportunity. The National…

  • HMS FMP Amendment 1: Bigeye tuna overfishing

    In 2004 NMFS notified the Pacific Council and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (WPFMC) that they must take action to address overfishing of bigeye tuna. In response, the Council moved to begin work on Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS). NMFS Southwest…

  • Groundfish FMP Amendment 16 and related FMP amendments: Stock rebuilding

    The Council adopted five related fishery management plan (FMP) amendments addressing rebuilding plans for overfished groundfish. These amendments, labeled 16-1 through 16-5, are described below. Amendment 16-5: Rebuilding revisions, petrale sole rebuilding plan, and other related measures The Council adopted Amendment 16-5 in June 2010. The amendment proposed to modify all existing overfished species rebuilding…

  • Groundfish FMP Amendment 17: Multi-year management and the specifications and management measure process

    Amendment 17 establishes a biennial process for setting harvest levels and management measures for the groundfish fishery. Under Amendment 17, the groundfish management process takes place every two years, and the harvest levels and management measures set by the process are in effect for two years. From 1990 to 2004, specifications and management measures were…

  • CPS FMP Amendment 10: Fleet capacity management and market squid MSY control rule

    In June 2002, the Council adopted Amendment 10 to the CPS FMP.  Relative to the limited entry (LE) fishery, the amendment established a capacity goal, provided for LE permit transferability to achieve and maintain the capacity goal, and established a process for considering new LE permits.  The purpose of this action was to ensure fishing…

  • CPS FMP Amendment 9: Indian fishing rights

    Amendment 9 provides for documentation of bycatch in the coastal pelagic species fishery (CPS), to ensure that a standardized reporting methodology to assess the amount and type of bycatch is in place, to put in place any necessary conservation and management measures to minimize bycatch, and to ensure that Indian fishing rights are implemented according…

  • Groundfish FMP Amendment 14: Permit Stacking, Season Extension, and Other Modifications to the Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Fishery

    Amendment 14 established the permit stacking program, which allowed up to three tier permits to be placed on a vessel and for the vessel to fish up to the combined limits for all three permits.  It also authorized extension of the season (once the Congressional moratorium on catch share programs was lifted). Amendment 14 was implemented…

  • Early groundfish FMP and amendments (1982-2000)

    The groundfish FMP was originally implemented in 1982. Amendments developed between then and 2000 are listed.

  • Amendment 14: Comprehensive update addressing the Sustainable Fisheries Act, Endangered Species Act listings, and other issues

    Final rule Salmon FMP Amendment 14 supplemental Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review, and RFA (May 2000)

  • 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”…

  • 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,…