Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Emergency Action to Temporarily Increase 2026 Harvest Specifications and Sector Allocations for Shortspine Thornyhead, Canary Rockfish, and Petrale Sole
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Jan. 22, 2026. Document 2026-01150. Updated Nov. 15, 2026.
- What it does
This emergency rule temporarily increases 2026 harvest specifications and sector allocations for shortspine thornyhead, canary rockfish, and petrale sole in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. This increase in harvest specifications is based on new, recently discovered information from the latest catch-only projections, which show a higher biomass of these species available for harvest than determined by stock assessments used to set the 2025-26 harvest specifications and management measures. This action is necessary to alleviate significant direct economic loss caused by restrictive annual catch limits for these species.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has published 186 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 184 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0648-BO30 since Jan. 1, 2025.
Since then:
- What happens next and when
Effective January 21, 2026 until July 20, 2026. Comments must be submitted by February 23, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-01150 |
|---|---|
| Action | Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments. |
| Agencies | Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Published | Jan. 22, 2026 |
| Effective date | Jan. 21, 2026 |
| Comments close | Feb. 23, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 0648-BO30 |
| Docket | NOAA-NMFS-2025-0900 |
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