Data / Federal rules / 2026-01150

Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Emergency Action to Temporarily Increase 2026 Harvest Specifications and Sector Allocations for Shortspine Thornyhead, Canary Rockfish, and Petrale Sole

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 22, 2026. It took effect on January 21, 2026. Comments closed on February 23, 2026.

SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. It reads every rule and proposed rule in the Federal Register each morning, and this page is that reading. Name your industry once and new rules, comment deadlines and effective dates arrive in your sheet, CRM, Slack or agent as they are published.

Get new rules for your industry

What the agency says

This emergency rule temporarily increases 2026 harvest specifications and sector allocations for shortspine thornyhead, canary rockfish, and petrale sole in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. This increase in harvest specifications is based on new, recently discovered information from the latest catch-only projections, which show a higher biomass of these species available for harvest than determined by stock assessments used to set the 2025-26 harvest specifications and management measures. This action is necessary to alleviate significant direct economic loss caused by restrictive annual catch limits for these species.

Key facts

Document number: 2026-01150
Type: Final rule
Action: Temporary rule; emergency action; request for comments
Agency: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Published: January 22, 2026
Takes effect: January 21, 2026
Comments due: February 23, 2026
Dates: Effective January 21, 2026 until July 20, 2026. Comments must be submitted by February 23, 2026.
Docket: Docket No. 260116-0030
Regulation ID (RIN): 0648-BO30
Code of Federal Regulations: 50 CFR 660
Topics: Fisheries; Fishing; Fishing vessels
Pages: 6

The document on federalregister.gov PDF

Other documents from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Document	Type	Published
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska 2026-21680	Final rule	Oct 23
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska 2026-21676	Final rule	Oct 23
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modification of the West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #1-#11 2026-21607	Final rule	Oct 22
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska 2026-21556	Final rule	Oct 21
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Modify Groundfish Season Timing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries 2026-21507	Proposed rule	Oct 21
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; Closure of the General Category October Through November Fishery for 2026 2026-21450	Final rule	Oct 20
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area 2026-21239	Final rule	Oct 16
Fishery Management Plans of St. Croix and St. Thomas and St. John; Spiny Lobster Management Measures 2026-21205	Proposed rule	Oct 16

Everything from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Rules on fisheries · Rules on fishing · Rules on fishing vessels · Published in January 2026

Read from the Federal Register API, last updated 2026-10-23. The document on federalregister.gov is the official record; dates and dockets can change through later corrections. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.