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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 28 / Friday, February 12, 2021 / Proposed Rules b The daily bag limit is one halibut of any size per day per person.
c Pacific Coast groundfish may not be taken and retained, possessed or landed when halibut are on board the vessel, except sablefish, Pacific cod, flatfish species, yellowtail rockfish, widow rockfish, canary rockfish, redstriped rockfish, greenstriped rockfish, silvergray rockfish, chilipepper, bocaccio, blue/deacon rockfish, and lingcod caught north of the Washington-Oregon border 4616.00 N lat. may be retained when allowed by Pacific Coast groundfish regulations, during days open to the alldepth Pacific halibut fishery. Longleader gear as defined at 50 CFR
660.351 may be used to retain groundfish during the all-depth Pacific halibut fishery south of the WashingtonOregon border, when allowed by Pacific Coast groundfish regulations.
d Taking, retaining, possessing, or landing halibut on groundfish trips is allowed in the nearshore area on days not open to all-depth Pacific halibut fisheries.
Oregon Central Coast Subarea The quota for landings into ports in the area off Oregon between Cape Falcon 4546.00 N lat. and Humbug Mountain 4240.50 N lat., is 273,403
lb 124 mt.
a The fishing seasons are:
i The first season the inside 40fm fishery commences May 1, and continues 7 days a week, in the area shoreward of a boundary line approximating the 40-fm 73-m depth contour, or until the sub-quota for the central Oregon inside 40-fm fishery of 32,808 lb 14.9 mt, or any inseason revised subquota is estimated to have been taken and the season is closed by the IPHC, or on October 31, whichever is earlier. The boundary line approximating the 40-fm 73-m depth contour between 4546.00 N lat. and 4240.50 N lat. is defined at 50 CFR
660.71o.
ii The second season spring season, which is for the all-depth fishery, is open May 1315, 2022, 2729; June 3
5, and 1012. The allocation to the alldepth fishery is 172,244 lb 78.1 mt. If sufficient unharvested quota remains for additional fishing days, the season will re-open June 1719; July 13 and 810.
Notice of the re-opening will be announced on the NMFS hotline 206
5266667 or 800 6629825.
iii The third season summer season, which is for the all-depth fishery, will be open August 67, 1921;
September 24; 1618, September 30
October 2; October 1416, 2830; and will continue until the combined spring
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season and summer season quotas in the area between Cape Falcon and Humbug Mountain, OR, are estimated to have been taken and the area is closed by the IPHC. NMFS will announce on the NMFS hotline 206 5266667 or 800
6629825 in July whether the fishery will re-open for the summer season in August. Additional fishing days may be opened if sufficient quota remains after the last day of the first scheduled open period. If, after this date, an amount greater than or equal to 60,000 lb 27.2
mt remains in the combined all-depth and inside 40-fm 73-m quota, the fishery may re-open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, beginning August 5, 6, and 7, and ending when there is insufficient quota remaining, whichever is earlier. If, after September 7, an amount greater than or equal to 30,000
lb 13.6 mt remains in the combined all-depth and inside 40-fm 73-m quota, and the fishery is not already open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the fishery may re-open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, beginning September 9, 10, and 11, and ending October 31. After September 7, the bag limit may be increased to two fish of any size per person, per day. NMFS will announce on the NMFS hotline 206
5266667 or 800 6629825 whether the summer all-depth fishery will be open on such additional fishing days, what days the fishery will be open, and what the bag limit is.
b The daily bag limit is one halibut of any size per day per person, unless otherwise specified. NMFS will announce on the NMFS hotline 206
5266667 or 800 6629825 any bag limit changes.
c During days open to all-depth halibut fishing when the groundfish fishery is restricted by depth, when halibut are on board the vessel, no groundfish, except sablefish, Pacific cod, and other species of flatfish sole, flounder, sanddab, may be taken and retained, possessed or landed, except with long-leader gear as defined at 660.351, when allowed by groundfish regulations. During days open to alldepth halibut fishing when the groundfish fishery is open to all depths, any groundfish species permitted under the groundfish regulations may be retained, possessed or landed if halibut are on board the vessel. During days open to nearshore halibut fishing, flatfish species may be taken and retained seaward of the seasonal groundfish depth restrictions if halibut are on board the vessel.
d When the all-depth halibut fishery is closed and halibut fishing is permitted only shoreward of a boundary line approximating the 40-fm 73-m
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depth contour, halibut possession and retention by vessels operating seaward of a boundary line approximating the 40-fm 73-m depth contour is prohibited.
e Recreational fishing for groundfish and halibut is prohibited within the Stonewall Bank YRCA. It is unlawful for recreational fishing vessels to take and retain, possess, or land halibut taken with recreational gear within the Stonewall Bank YRCA. A vessel fishing in the Stonewall Bank YRCA may not possess any halibut. Recreational vessels may transit through the Stonewall Bank YRCA with or without halibut on board. The Stonewall Bank YRCA is an area off central Oregon, near Stonewall Bank, intended to protect yelloweye rockfish. The Stonewall Bank YRCA is defined at 50 CFR 660.70g.
Southern Oregon Subarea The quota for landings into ports in the area south of Humbug Mountain, OR
4240.50 N lat. to the Oregon/
California Border 4200.00 N lat. is 8,000 lb 3.6 mt.
a The fishing season commences on May 1, and continues 7 days per week until the subquota is taken, or October 31, whichever is earlier.
b The daily bag limit is one halibut per person with no size limit.
c During days open to the Pacific halibut fishery, when halibut are on board the vessel, no groundfish except sablefish, Pacific cod, and other species of flatfish sole, flounder, sanddab, may be taken and retained, possessed or landed, except with long-leader gear as defined at 660.351 when allowed by groundfish regulations.
California Coast Subarea The quota for landings into ports south of the Oregon/California Border 4200.00 N lat. and along the California coast is 39,260 lb 17.8 mt.
a The fishing season will be open May 1 through November 15, or until the subarea quota is estimated to have been taken and the season is closed by the IPHC, whichever is earlier. NMFS
will announce any closure by the IPHC
on the NMFS hotline 206 5266667 or 800 6629825.
b The daily bag limit is one halibut of any size per day per person.
Classification Regulations governing the U.S.
fisheries for Pacific halibut are developed by the International Pacific Halibut Commission IPHC, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Council, and the Secretary of Commerce. Section 5 of the Halibut Act
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