# Fisheries Off West Coast States; Emergency Action To Temporarily Modify Continuous Transit Limitations for California Recreational Vessels
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments. · Published 2024-04-01 · Effective 2024-04-01 · 89 FR 22352
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-04965
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Region:** west coast
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 22352
- **Publication date:** 2024-04-01
- **Effective date:** 2024-04-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 240229-0063
## Abstract

This emergency rule temporarily modifies a continuous transit requirement for California recreational vessels. This modification will temporarily allow recreational vessels to anchor overnight and/or stop to fish for non-groundfish species inside the seasonal Recreational Rockfish Conservation Area off the coast of California, also known as the 50-fathom (91-meter) offshore fishery. This emergency measure will prevent the possible cancellation of thousands of recreational fishing trips during the 2024 recreational fishing season off California.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/01/2024-04965/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-emergency-action-to-temporarily-modify-continuous-transit)
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