WASHINGTON, May 19 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a rule called: Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2026 Specifications and Management Measures.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on May 19 by Samuel D. Rauch III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Summary: Through this final rule, NMFS establishes fishery management measures for the ocean salmon fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California for the season beginning May 16, 2026, until the effective date of the 2027 management measures which we expect to be May 16, 2027 (the 2026 ocean salmon fishing season), under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery C...