Emergency groundfish rule keeps fleet fishing as species prove more abundant

<div class="c-field c-field--name-title c-field--type-string c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item">Emergency groundfish rule keeps fleet fishing as species prove more abundant</div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><figure> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-media-image c-field--type-image c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <img alt="A bright orange fish with gaping mouth called a shortspine thornyhead swims in the ocean." height="717" src="https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2026-02/shortspine-thornyhead-groundfish-NOAA-Fisheries-West-Coast-Division.jpg?h=292e6a49&amp;itok=4edFCsBL" title="A bright orange fish with gaping mouth called a shortspine thornyhead swims in the ocean. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries West Coast Division)" width="1275" /> </div></div></div> <figcaption> <div> <div class="caption-credit"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-file-caption-formatted c-field--type-text-long c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <p>An emergency rule increases catch limits for shortspine thornyhead (shown) and two other groundfish species, increasing fishing opportunities off the West Coast.&nbsp; <span class="credit">(Image credit: NOAA Fisheries West Coast Division)</span></p> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="image-download"><a class="image-download-link" href="https://www.noaa.gov/media/image_download/28858692-335e-477c-b6c8-8c55294e27ed">Download Image</a></div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-publication-date c-field--type-datetime c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><time datetime="2026-02-03T12:00:00Z">February 3, 2026</time> </div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-updates c-field--type-entity-reference-revisions c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"></div></div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-node-focus-area c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="https://www.noaa.gov/fisheries">Fisheries</a> </div></div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-tags c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="https://www.noaa.gov/topic-tags/commercial-fishing">commercial fishing</a> </div><div class="c-field__item"><a href="https://www.noaa.gov/topic-tags/recreational-fishing">recreational fishing</a> </div></div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-sidebar-next-to-intro c-field--type-boolean c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item">0</div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-suppress-hero-image c-field--type-boolean c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item">Off</div></div></div>