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2025 Pacific Whiting U.S. Total Allowable Catch, Tribal Allocation, Incidental Set-Aside, and Annual Specifications for Non-Tribal Fisheries
Effective Immediately, until December 31, 2025
NOAA Fisheries is announcing a final rule for the 2025 Pacific whiting fishery. The final rule establishes the recommendation of the Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty Joint Management Committee (JMC) on a U.S. total allowable catch (TAC) of 295,520 metric tons (mt). This TAC includes the Tribal Pacific whiting allocation; a set-aside for incidental catch and research; and domestic fishery Harvest Guideline (HG) and allocations for the non-Tribal Pacific whiting fishery:
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Tribal Allocation
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51,716 mt
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Research and Bycatch Set-Aside
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750 mt
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Harvest Guideline (HG)
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243,054 mt
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The non-Tribal HG is allocated among the catcher-processor, mothership and shorebased sectors as follows:
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2025 Pacific Whiting Allocation (mt)
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Catcher/Processor (C/P) Co-op Program
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82,638.36 (34%)
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Mothership (MS) Co-op Program
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58,332.96 (24%)
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Shorebased IFQ Program
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102,082.68 (42%)
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This final rule is effective immediately. The Tribal and non-Tribal allocations for Pacific whiting, as well as the set-aside, are effective until December 31, 2025.
The final rule can be viewed in the Federal Register.
Additional information on this rule, and the Pacific Hake/whiting Treaty can be viewed on the NOAA fisheries webpage.
Additional information on the rule, and the Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty between the U.S. and Canada is available on the NOAA Fisheries West Coast website.
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Questions?
Please contact the Pacific Whiting Treaty Coordinator, Colin Sayre, 206-526-4656 or colin.sayre@noaa.gov.
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Fishery Bulletins and Notices
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