United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2019_register executive 2019-03-15 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7d90d00 D09002ee1c7d90e1c United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency NMFS issues this proposed rule for the 2019 Pacific whiting fishery under the authority of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and the Pacific Whiting Act of 2006. This proposed rule would allocate 17.5 percent of the U.S. Total Allowable Catch of Pacific whiting for 2019 to Pacific Coast Indian tribes that have a treaty right to harvest groundfish. It would also amend the provisions regarding reapportionment of the treaty tribes' whiting allocation to the non-treaty sectors to require that NMFS consider the level of Chinook salmon bycatch when determining whether to reapportion whiting. This rule is necessary to manage the Pacific whiting stock to Optimal Yield, ensure that the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) is implemented in a manner consistent with treaty rights of four treaty tribes to fish for Pacific whiting in their "usual and accustomed grounds and stations" in common with non-tribal citizens, and to protect salmon stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act. 84 FR 9471 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-03-15/2019-04785 2019-04785 fr15mr19-14 RIN 0648-BI67 3510-22-P Docket No. 181218999-9208-01 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-03-15/2019-04785 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-03-15/html/2019-04785.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-03-15/pdf/2019-04785.pdf Fisheries Fishing Indian Fisheries 5 p. 9471 9475 84 FR 9471 Title 50 Part 660 50 CFR Part 660 RIN 0648-BI67 Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2019 Tribal Fishery for Pacific Whiting; Federal Register Vol. 84, Issue PRORULE 2019-04785 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2019-04-01 Docket No. 181218999-9208-01 3510-22-P 2019-04785 Proposed rule; request for comments.

NMFS issues this proposed rule for the 2019 Pacific whiting fishery under the authority of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and the Pacific Whiting Act of 2006. This proposed rule would allocate 17.5 percent of the U.S. Total Allowable Catch of Pacific whiting for 2019 to Pacific Coast Indian tribes that have a treaty right to harvest groundfish. It would also amend the provisions regarding reapportionment of the treaty tribes' whiting allocation to the non-treaty sectors to require that NMFS consider the level of Chinook salmon bycatch when determining whether to reapportion whiting. This rule is necessary to manage the Pacific whiting stock to Optimal Yield, ensure that the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) is implemented in a manner consistent with treaty rights of four treaty tribes to fish for Pacific whiting in their "usual and accustomed grounds and stations" in common with non-tribal citizens, and to protect salmon stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act.

Comments on this proposed rule must be received no later than April 1, 2019. Miako Ushio, phone: 206-526-4644, and email: Miako.Ushio@noaa.gov. Fisheries Fishing Indian Fisheries Fisheries off West Coast States: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2019 Tribal Fishery for Pacific Whiting , Miako.Ushio@noaa.gov http://www.pcouncil.org/ http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries/management/whiting/pacific_whiting.html https://www.federalregister.gov www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail Vol. 84, no. 51 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2019-03-15 continuing daily deposited born digital 249 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-03-15 P0b002ee19ff3fbb4 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr15mr19 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-03-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-03-15/pdf/FR-2019-03-15.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-03-15/xml/FR-2019-03-15.xml fdlp 9451 9691 DGPO 2019-03-15 2024-05-31 FR-2019-03-15 machine generated eng FR FR-2019-03-15 84 51