# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program; Modify Season Start Date
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; emergency action. · Published 2021-03-19 · Effective 2021-03-19 · 86 FR 14851
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-05685
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Species:** rockfish
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 14851
- **Publication date:** 2021-03-19
- **Effective date:** 2021-03-19
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 210315-0057
## Abstract

NMFS issues an emergency rule to modify the fishing season start date for fishing vessels participating in a rockfish cooperative as part of the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program (Rockfish Program) for the 2021 fishing year. This emergency rule is intended to provide flexibility to Rockfish Program participants by moving the fishing season start date from May 1, 2021 to April 1, 2021. This emergency rule does not modify other provisions of the Rockfish Program. This emergency rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Area (GOA FMP) and other applicable laws.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/19/2021-05685/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-central-gulf-of-alaska-rockfish-program-modify)
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