Amendment 29 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) was completed as part of the 2021-22 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures. Under Amendment 29, changes to the allocations of widow rockfish, petrale sole, lingcod south of 40°10 N. lat, and the Slope Rockfish complex, including blackgill rockfish, south of 40°10′ N. lat. from Amendment 21 formula allocation to biennial and to designate shortbelly rockfish an ecosystem component species with a specific monitoring threshold of 2,000 mt that would trigger Council investigation. To implement these changes, the FMP was amended. These changes are reflected in Section 8.3 and Appendix A.
2021-22 Groundfish Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Environmental Assessment