Environmental Assessment / Regulatory Impact Review/ Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Amendments 48/48 for the Process by Which Annual Harvest Specifications are Established for Alaska Groundfish Fisheries Implemented Under the Authority of the Fishery Management Plans for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska

Balsiger, James W; Brown, Melanie

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Environmental Assessment / Regulatory Impact Review/ Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Amendments 48/48 for the Process by Which Annual Harvest Specifications are Established for Alaska Groundfish Fisheries Implemented Under the Authority of the Fishery Management Plans for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska

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2004
By Balsiger, James W ; Brown, Melanie

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Personal Author:

Balsiger, James W ; Brown, Melanie
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
Description:

This Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (EA/RIR/IRFA) provides an analysis of alternative administrative procedures necessary to support the harvest specifications process for setting total allowable catch and other management measures for the Alaska groundfish fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zones of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area and the Gulf of Alaska. This Federal action would amend the process for establishing annual harvest specifications and would update the fishery management plan language to reflect current conditions and practices of Alaska’s groundfish fisheries management. Objectives for the revised process include managing the Alaska groundfish fisheries based on the best available scientific information and providing meaningful opportunity for useful public comment. The action is not expected to have significant environmental, social, or economic impacts. Harvest specifications would continue to be assessed under separate EA/RIR/IRFAs prior to agency approval of final harvest specifications.
Keywords:

Environmental Aspects Exclusive Economic Zones (Law Of The Sea) Federal Fishery Management Plan Groundfishes Habitat Harvesting Environmental Aspects Exclusive Economic Zones (Law Of The Sea)
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:sha256:9eaada1c0a385b46215380e08dc18204105525fb97ef2d8faeabd478889dc74c
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/18194/noaa_18194_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 3.58 MB ]

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