# Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Bottomfish Fishery; Amendment 5
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 1999-04-28 · Effective 1999-05-28 · 64 FR 22810
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-10635
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** west coast
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 22810
- **Publication date:** 1999-04-28
- **Effective date:** 1999-05-28
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 981204297-9091-02
## Abstract

NMFS issues a final rule to implement Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (FMP). This rule implements a permanent limited access program for the Mau Zone bottomfish fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The intent of this action is to conserve and support the long-term productivity of the bottomfish stocks by preventing the potential for excessive harvest capacity and to improve the low economic returns in the fishery.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/04/28/99-10635/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-and-in-the-western-pacific-western-pacific-bottomfish-fishery)
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