# Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Whiting Allocations and Fishery Closure; Pacific Whiting Seasons
> **Rule** · Reapportionment of tribal Pacific whiting allocation, and implementation of an Ocean Salmon Conservation Zone to protect Chinook salmon. · Published 2015-02-10 · Effective 2014-10-20 · 80 FR 7390
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-02669
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Region:** west coast
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 7390
- **Publication date:** 2015-02-10
- **Effective date:** 2014-10-20
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 131119977-4381-02
## Abstract

This document announces the reapportionment of 45,000 metric tons (mt) of Pacific whiting from the tribal allocation to the non- tribal commercial fishery sectors via two actions, in order to allow full utilization of the Pacific whiting resource. It also announces the implementation of an Ocean Salmon Conservation Zone that prohibited the targeting of Pacific whiting with midwater trawl gear shoreward of approximately 100 fathoms (fm) (183 m) to reduce Chinook salmon bycatch in the Pacific whiting fishery.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/02/10/2015-02669/magnuson-stevens-act-provisions-fisheries-off-west-coast-states-pacific-coast-groundfish-fishery)
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