# Fisheries Off West Coast States; Emergency Action to Temporarily Remove 2021 Seasonal Processing Limitations for Pacific Whiting Motherships and Catcher-Processors
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments. · Published 2021-05-14 · Effective 2021-05-14 · 86 FR 26439
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-09558
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** west coast
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 26439
- **Publication date:** 2021-05-14
- **Effective date:** 2021-05-14
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 210430-0093
## Abstract

This emergency rule temporarily allows at-sea Pacific whiting processing vessels to operate as both a mothership and a catcher-processor during the 2021 Pacific whiting fishery. This action is necessary to ensure catcher vessels in the at-sea whiting sector are able to fully harvest sector allocations. Emergency measures under this rule will allow catcher-processors to operate as motherships and replace mothership processing vessels that are unable to operate in the at-sea whiting sector during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting high economic uncertainty in 2021.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/14/2021-09558/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-emergency-action-to-temporarily-remove-2021-seasonal-processing)
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