Fisheries Off West Coast States; Extension of Emergency Action To Temporarily Increase 2026 Harvest Specifications and Sector Allocations for Shortspine Thornyhead, Canary Rockfish, and Petrale Sole
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- What it does
This temporary rule extends emergency measures that increase 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 2025-2026 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 185 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
1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0648-BO30 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Effective July 20, 2026, through December 31, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-12108 |
|---|---|
| Action | Temporary rule; extension of emergency action. |
| Agencies | Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Published | June 16, 2026 |
| Effective date | July 20, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 0648-BO30 |
| Docket | NOAA-NMFS-2025-0900 |
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