# Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Crustacean Fisheries; 1999 Harvest Guideline
> **Rule** · 1999 harvest guideline for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) crustacean fishery. · Published 1999-03-11 · Effective 1999-07-01 · 64 FR 12092
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-6048
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** west coast
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 12092
- **Publication date:** 1999-03-11
- **Effective date:** 1999-07-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 990304061-9061-01
## Abstract

NMFS announces a 1999 harvest guideline of 243,100 lobsters (spiny and slipper lobsters combined) for the NWHI crustacean fishery, which opens on July 1, 1999. The harvest guideline applies to the entire NWHI. The intent of this action is to prevent overfishing and achieve the objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for the Crustacean Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (FMP).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/03/11/99-6048/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-and-in-the-western-pacific-western-pacific-crustacean-fisheries-1999)
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