NMFS announces the tribal and non-tribal allocations for Pacific whiting for 2013.

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NMFS announces allocations of Pacific whiting, adjustments to QS accounts, adjustments to vessel accounts, and changes to the online IFQ system.

Here is a PDF with the details.

A small Community Supported Fishery (CSF) has purchased its first load of trawl-caught fish.

Siren Fish Company is sourcing local seafood from Monterey to Fort Bragg, and in March they made a long-considered decision to purchase some trawl Dover. On her blog, Anna Larsen, the founder of Siren Fish, describes how she reached the decision to source seafood that many environmentally-minded consumers and hard-core "foodies" still consider off-limits.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces adjustments to quota share (QS) accounts for Pacific halibut in the Shorebased individual fishing quota (IFQ) program, plans for vessel accounts to prepare for surplus carryover in the shorebased IFQ program, and changes to the online IFQ system.

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For trawlers, catch of overfished species and rate of regulatory discards are down sharply, risk pools are an emerging trend, and electronic monitoring is on the horizon

Here is the link for the April Briefing Book!

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the publication of a proposed rule in the Federal Register that proposes revisions to several portions of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Trawl Rationalization Program regulations and requests comments on NMFS’ preliminary conclusion that the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council’s) selection of the no action alternative regarding the reconsideration of initial allocation of Pacific whiting (whiting) is consistent with the...

When West Coast groundfish fishermen switched to a 100 percent monitored fishery management system last year, they immediately shouldered new costs of carrying federal observers who document their catch and gather important scientific data.

Although observer costs are currently shared with the federal government, that arrangement is slated to end in January 2015, when the projected observer day-rate of USD 400-600 will be borne entirely by fishermen.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is requesting comments on the proposed rule for 2013-2014 groundfish biennial specifications and management mesures. This proposed rule would establish the 2013-2014 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S.