Final environmental assessment harvest control rule for lower Columbia River Coho evolutionarily significant unit in fisheries managed under the Pacific Coast Salmon fishery management plan

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• Alternative Title:
  Harvest control rule for lower Columbia River (LCR) Coho evolutionarily significant unit in fisheries managed under the Pacific Coast salmon fishery management plan ; Final environmental assessment LCR Coho harvest control rule
• Personal Author:
  Mundy, Peggy ; Stelle, William W., 1951- ; Biegel, Sarah ; Beamesderfer, Raymond C. (Raymond Charles), 1956- ; Ellis, Stuart ; Jording, Jeromy ; Kern, Chris ; LeFieur, Cindy ; Milward, Douglas A. ; Patino, Enrique ; Rankis, Andy ; Whisler, Jeff
• Corporate Authors:
  Pacific Fishery Management Council (U.S.), Lower Columbia River Natural Coho Workgroup, ; R2 Resource Consultants ; Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission ; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., West Coast Region, ; Oregon, Department of Fish and Wildlife, ; Washington (State), Department of Fish and Wildlife, ; Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (Wash.) ; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Office of Protected Resources. ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration,
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
• Description:
  "Ocean salmon fisheries off the West Coast states of California, Oregon, and Washington are managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (PFMC 2014a). Management of the salmon stocks in the FMP can be affected when the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) lists evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) of Pacific salmon (Waples 1991) as either threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). If a fishery is expected to interact with ESA-listed salmon (i.e., result in a "take" of an ESA-listed species), NMFS initiates a formal consultation under section 7 of the ESA to evaluate fishery impacts, and issues a biological opinion to report the findings. In 2005, the Lower Columbia River coho salmon ESU (LCR coho) was ESA-listed as threatened (70 FR 37160, June 28, 2005). Biological opinions issued by NMFS, beginning in 2006, have analyzed the use of a harvest control rule to determine the allowable level of take of LCR coho in Council-managed fisheries. In 2015, the Council recommended a new harvest control rule for consideration by NMFS (McIsaac 2015). This environmental assessment (EA) analyzes the environmental effects of implementing a new harvest control rule for LCR coho. The LCR coho ESU is synonymous with the Lower Columbia River natural coho stock (LCN coho) in the FMP. For consistency with NMFS documents, including biological opinions, this EA uses the ESU name, LCR coho, to refer to these salmon; LCN coho is used in relation to Council activities and documents"--Introduction [1.]
• Keywords:
  Catch Effort Coho Salmon Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Policy Fisheries Fishery Management Fishery Policy Government Policy Sustainable Fisheries Catch Effort Coho Salmon Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Policy Fishery Management Fishery Policy Government Policy Sustainable Fisheries

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• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Environmental Assessment
• Place as Subject:
  United States ; Lower Columbia River (Or. and Wash.) ; Columbia River Estuary (Or. and Wash.)
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ba32ea37544e8374e5961e07666fb0e339a723e9a58b9f51284ad7ce8579df0c11ac7b5f0ed79b96e7f4bac155985220f0c57229b1712fb6b4746fac26d541b4
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  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/12819/noaa_12819_DS1.pdf
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