Enviornmental Assestment and Rerulatory Impact Review for Fishery Plan Amendments to Prohibit Use of Halibut Catcher Vessel Qutoa Share and Allow Freezing of Non-IFQ Species on Freezer Vessels : Bering Sea / Aleutian Islands Plan Amendment 33 and Gulf of Alaska Plan Amendment 37

Details

• Personal Author:
  DiCosimo, Jane, 1959- ; Brannan, Darrell
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
• Description:
  This amendment addresses two related issues of the halibut and sablefish Individual Transferable Quota (IFQ) programs in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska. This document analyzes the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the status quo (Halibut Catcher Vessel Quota Share, Alternative 1 and Freezing of Non-IFQ Species, Alternative 1) and the proposed management actions for modifying the halibut and sablefish IFQ programs by prohibiting the use of halibut catcher vessel QS on freezer vessels (Halibut Catcher Vessel Quota Share, Alternative 2) and allowing the freezing of non-IFQ species, such as Pacific cod and rockfish, while harvesting sablefish catcher vessel QS on a freezer vessel (Freezing of Non-IFQ Species, Alternative 2).
• Keywords:
  Enviornmental Aspects Habitat Halibut Harvesting Pacific Cod Sablefish Fisheries Sebastes Enviornmental Aspects Pacific Cod Sablefish Fisheries
• Document Type:
  Environmental Assessment
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska, Gulf of ; Aleutian Islands (Alaska) ; Bering Sea
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:622ebc8a76476b415324763461aadc18781656b47ad7605be7804f034d7d5309
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/18173/noaa_18173_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 68.31 KB ]