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Council approves Oregon request to reduce canary rockfish sub-bag limit for long-leader fishery
Summary
The council unanimously approved an in-season adjustment to match Oregon—s December 2024 regulation: the long-leader recreational sub-bag limit for canary rockfish is reduced from five fish to one fish to reflect in-season monitoring and reduce the risk of exceeding Oregon—s recreational harvest guideline share.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously to adopt Oregon—s requested in-season adjustment lowering the canary rockfish sub-bag limit in the Oregon recreational long-leader fishery from five fish to one fish.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) staff explained the December 2024 Commission action that established the 1-fish sub-bag limit for canary rockfish in the long-leader fishery beginning Jan. 1, 2025. The GMT had recommended the council mirror Oregon—s state regulation to provide consistent federal measures and enforcement…
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