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Groundfish Fishery Management Plan:
Amendment 4

Original FMP Replacement

August 1990

Amendment 4 updates and revises the original fishery management plan (FMP) for the Pacific coast groundfish fishery off the coast of Washington, Oregon, and California developed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), approved by the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), (Assistant Administrator) on January 4, 1982, and implemented on October 5, 1982. Amendment 4 is intended to replace the entire text of the original FMP, although the reader may wish to refer to the original FMP for additional background material relevant to the Pacific coast groundfish fishery. Except for those measures specifically revised, added, or deleted by this amendment, all regulations and notices authorized by the original FMP and currently in effect at time Amendment 4 is implemented are intended to continue in effect concurrent with the implementation of this amendment.

You may request a hard copy of this document by sending a request to pfmc.comments@noaa.gov, please include “Amendment 4” in the subject line.


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Cover, Executive Summary, Table of Contents, Acronyms
1.0  Introduction
2.0  Goals and Objectives
3.0  Areas and Stocks Involved
4.0  Optimum Yield
5.0  Specification and Apportionment of Harvest Levels
6.0  Management Measures
7.0  Experimental Fisheries
8.0  Scientific Research
9.0  Restrictions on Other Fisheries
10.0  Procedure for Reviewing State Regulations
11.0  Appendices
12.0  Management Measures That Continue in Effect With Implementation of Amendment 4
13.0  References
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Regulatory Impact Review, and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
PFMC
09/23/08

 

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