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NMFS Announces Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Fruitgrowers Supply Company, Siskiyou County, California - 11/13/09
- Public Notice (PDF)
- Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Authorization for Incidental Take and Implementation of Fruit Growers Supply Company's Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (PDF)
- Fruit Growers Supply Company Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (PDF)
- Draft Implementing Agreement for the Fruit Growers Supply Company Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (PDF)
- Dear Reviewer Letter (PDF

Workshop Notice - For the past few years, the Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish and Wildlife have provided funds to the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) to extend their annual Pacific halibut longline survey to areas where yelloweye rockfish occur. Catch per unit effort data collected in the extended yelloweye rockfish survey is intended to inform an index of abundance of yelloweye rockfish for use in assessment. The IPHC survey index was used for the first time in the 2009 yelloweye rockfish assessment. Critical evaluation of that survey during the stock assessment review panel meeting for the 2009 yelloweye rockfish assessment led to a recommendation to redesign the survey to better index yelloweye abundance. A yelloweye rockfish survey design workshop is therefore scheduled to improve this survey.

View the Workshop notice on the Council's website at: http://www.pcouncil.org/events/2009/yrsdw_12_09.html - 11/12/09

A basic summary of decisions from the November 2009 Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) meeting in Costa Mesa, California, has been posted on the Council's website at: http://www.pcouncil.org/decisions/currentdec.html - 11/10/09

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces changes to commercial trawl management measures for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery off Washington, Oregon, and California, effective at 0001 hours (local time) November 1, 2009 - 10/30/09 (PDF)

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces changes to commercial management measures for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery off Washington, Oregon, and California, effective at 0001 hours (local time) October 28, 2009 - 10/27/09 (PDF)

Pacific Council News, Fall 2009 is available on the Council's website at: http://www.pcouncil.org/newsletters/2009/Fall_2009_newsletter.pdf - 10/20/09

You may view past issues of the Council's newsletter at: http://www.pcouncil.org/newsletters/archivenews.html

Draft Environmental Assessment to Implement a Program for the Conservation of Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2009-2011 as Agreed Upon by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission - 10/13/09 (PDF)
- Proposed Rule

Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Southern Distinct Population Segment of North American Green Sturgeon - 10/13/09

NMFS Public Draft Central Valley Recovery Plan Press Release and Federal Register Notice - 10/07/09
- Press Release - 10/07/09
- Federal Register Notice - October 7, 2009 (Volume 74 , Number 193) PDF
- Federal Register Notice - October 7, 2009 (Volume 74 , Number 193) Text

Report on Sacramento River Fall Chinook Stock Collapse - 03/18/09 (PDF - 5.8 mb)
- Appendix (PDF - 3.1 mb)

Black Abalone Final Rule - 01/13/09 (PDF)
- Reference List (PDF)
- Status Review Report (BASR) (PDF)
- Press Release (PDF)

Final rule to revise regulations governing vessels authorized by the United States to fish for tuna and tuna-like species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and to revise requirements for the submission of Fisheries Certificates of Origin, effective February 12, 2009 - 01/13/09 (PDF)

Public Review Draft - The Use of Pesticide-treated Wood in Aquatic Environments: Guidelines to NOAA Fisheries Staff for the Endangered Species Act and Essential Fish Habitat Consultations - 12/05/08 (PDF)

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The Southwest Region is one of the National Marine Fisheries Service's six regional offices and six research centers located throughout the United States. Its programs assess, manage, and promote the conservation of living marine resources through these divisions.

Serving the Southwestern United States, and Islands of the Pacific Ocean since 1964, the Southwest Region continues to ensure that the living marine resources of the Pacific are used wisely.