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Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries last revised: Jan 25, 2025
Appendix - Table 2b (North) to Part 660, Subpart E—Trip Limits for Limited Entry Fixed Gear North of 40°10′ N Lat.

Table 2b (North) to Part 660, Subpart E—Trip Limits for Limited Entry Fixed Gear North of 40°10′ N Lat.

Species Trip limit
Big skateUnlimited.
Black rockfish (42°00′ N lat.-40°10′ N lat.)CLOSED.
Cabezon (42°00′ N lat.-40°10′ N lat.)CLOSED.
Cabezon/kelp greenling complex (Oregon)Unlimited.
Canary rockfish3,000 lb/2 months.
Flatfish (includes dover sole, arrowtooth flounder, petrale sole, English sole, starry flounder)20,000 lb/2 months.
Lingcod (north of 42°00′ N lat.)11,000 lb/2 months.
Lingcod (42°00′ N lat.-40°10′ N lat.)2,000 lb/2 months seaward of the Non-Trawl RCA; CLOSED inside the Non-Trawl RCA.
Longnose skateUnlimited.
Longspine thornyheads10,000 lb/2 months.
Nearshore rockfish complex, Oregon black/blue/deacon rockfish, & Washington black rockfish (north of 42°00′ N lat.)5,000 lb/2 months, no more than 1,200 lb of which may be species other than black rockfish or blue/deacon rockfish.
See § 660.230(e) for additional trip limits for Washington black rockfish.
Nearshore rockfish complex (42°00′ N lat.-40°10′ N lat.)CLOSED.
Other fishUnlimited.
Other flatfish complex (north of 42°00′ N lat.)20,000 lb/2 months.
Other flatfish complex (42°00′ N lat.-40°10′ N lat.)20,000 lb/2 months seaward of the Non-Trawl RCA; CLOSED inside the Non-Trawl RCA.
Pacific cod1,000 lb/2 months.
Pacific ocean perch3,600 lb/2 months.
Pacific Spiny DogfishPeriods 1-2: 200,000 lb/2 months.
Period 3: 150,000 lb/2 months.
Periods 4-6: 100,000 lb/2 months.
Pacific whiting10,000 lb per trip.
Quillback rockfish (42°00′ N lat.-40°10′ N lat.)CLOSED.
Sablefish4,500 lb/week not to exceed 9,000 lb/2 months.
Shelf rockfish complex1,600 lb/2 months.
Shortspine thornyhead3,000 lb/2 months.
Slope rockfish complex & darkblotched rockfish8,000 lb/2 months.
Widow rockfish4,000 lb/2 months.
Yelloweye rockfishCLOSED.
Yellowtail rockfish6,000 lb/2 months.

Note 1 to table 2b (North): Trip limits apply in the EEZ only; see appropriate state regulations for state trip limits. Trip limits are effective year-round unless otherwise specified for different cumulative periods (defined at § 660.11 under “Trip limits”). Trip limits are effective from the U.S.-Canada border to 40°10′ N lat. unless otherwise specified via latitudinal or state subdivisions in this table. Stock complexes are defined at § 660.11 under “Groundfish”. Trip limits may be revised via inseason action; therefore, users should refer back to this table throughout the year. To convert pounds to kilograms, divide the weight in pounds by 2.20462. The resulting quotient is the weight in kilograms.

[89 FR 101536, Dec. 16, 2024]
authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801
source: 61 FR 34572, July 2, 1996, unless otherwise noted.