fishing regulations washington state

• Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2012 Management Measures

Through this final rule NMFS establishes fishery management measures for the 2012 ocean salmon fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California and the 2013 salmon seasons opening earlier than May 1, 2013. Specific fishery management measures vary by fishery and by area. The measures establish fishing areas, seasons, quotas, legal gear, recreational fishing days and catch limits, possession and landing restrictions, and minimum lengths for salmon taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (3-200 NM) off Washington, Oregon, and California. The management measures are intended to prevent overfishing and to apportion the ocean harvest equitably among treaty Indian, non- treaty commercial, and recreational fisheries. The measures are also intended to allow a portion of the salmon runs ...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 25915, May 02, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• 50 CFR 300.94 - Prohibitions and restrictions.

...CHAPTER III: INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. PART 300: INTERNATIONAL FI... by regulations promulgated by the United States, the State of Washington, or any treaty Indian tri...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries

• Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments

This final rule announces inseason changes to management measures in the Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), are intended to allow fisheries to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and depleted stocks.

..., part 660, subparts C through G, regulate fishing for over 90 species of groundfish off the coasts oof Washington, Oregon, and California. Groundfish specifications...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 12503, March 01, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Advice: Resume Spring Chinook Fishing Saturday

CLACKAMAS, Ore. Spring chinook fishing in the lower Columbia River should resume on Saturday and be open from boats as far upstream as Beacon Rock, Washington and Oregon officials were told Wednesday. The states will meet by teleconference at 1 p.m. Friday to make a decision when to reopen the river. State officials met Wednesday with the bi-state Columbia River Recreational Advisory Group to hear the panels suggestions for fishing regulations.

• The Columbian
• May 13, 2011

• Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments

This final rule announces inseason changes to management measures in the commercial and recreational Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), are intended to allow fisheries to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and depleted stocks.

..., part 660, subparts C through G, regulate fishing for over 90 species of groundfish off the coasts oof Washington, Oregon, and California. Groundfish specifications...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 79122, December 21, 2011
• Rules and Regulations
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Gen Category Scallop Fishermen v. Secretary US Dept Commerce, (3rd Cir. 2011)

... UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS. FOR THE THIRD CIR...Box 23795 L=Enfant Plaza Station Washington, D.C. 20026-000 Attorney for Defendant-Appel...'' 1801-1883, when it promulgated regulations implementing Amendment 11 to the Atlantic Sea Scal..., and representatives of the fishing, environmental, and academic communities. The Coun...

• Federal Circuits

• 50 CFR 300.92 - Relation to other laws.

...CHAPTER III: INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. PART 300: INTERNATIONAL FI... any applicable law and regulations of the State of Washington or of a treaty Indian tribe with tre...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries

• Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981)

... of Montana sought to prohibit hunting and fishing within its reservation by anyone who is not a memb...Cf. Puyallup Tribe v. Washington Game Dept., 433 U.S. 165 . Nor does the federal t... less stringent hunting and fishing regulations within the reservation than in other parts of the ...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• What's Happening

Discover Pass needed to watch elk The winter elk feeding program at the Oak Creek Wildlife Area headquarters hasn't begun for the season, there having been minimal snowfall in the lowlands so far this winter. But when it does, people coming out to watch the elk will need something they've never needed before: a Discover Pass.

The new state pass, which generates operating funds for Washingt... of Natural Resources and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, went into effect ... pass (which comes with a hunting or fishing license) visible. Huffman said he didn't anticipat...Scott will discuss safety tips, regulations and safety-standards enforcement within Yakima Cou...

• Yakima Herald-Republic
• January 06, 2012

• National Commission On the B.P. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Holds a Meeting to Discuss the Preliminary Findings Related to the Root Causes of the Bp Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Day 2

... led by the former Senator Bob Graham of the state of Florida and the Honorable William Reilly who le... . Fishing and seafood processing, another major pillar of th... even before this disaster the MMS regulations arguably required this. I mean, they required ope... done that and had Gulf seafood here in Washington while we were here. CLARK: That's right. (UNKNOWN...

• Political Transcript Wire
• December 06, 2010