Environmental Assessment for the Issuance of an Exempted Fishing Permit for Developing and Testing Gear for Hook-and-line Rockfish Fisheries in the Southeast Outside District of the Gulf of Alaska and Finding of No Significant Impact

Details

• Personal Author:
  Balsiger, James W ; Brown, Melanie
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Description:
  This Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzes the potential impacts of issuing an exempted fishing permit (EPP) to allow for the development and testing of hook-and-line gear for harvesting rockfish species in the Southeast Outside District (SEO) of the Gulf of Alaska. The purpose of the EPP is to provide exemptions from: (1) the halibut prohibited species catch limit, (2) individual fishing quota retention requirements, (3) certain fishery closures, and ( 4) maximum retainable amounts of bycatch in the rockfish fishery. These exemptions will allow the project to be conducted efficiently and without impacting other hook-and-line fisheries. The project is intended to improve the harvest of rockfish species in the SEO, a currently underutilized species group. The analysis found no significant impacts on the human environment for this action.
• Keywords:
  Bycatches (Fisheries) Halibut Fisheries Sebastes Halibut Fisheries
• Document Type:
  Environmental Assessment
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska, Gulf of
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6768b83507b00dc45163f86c11178625eb37bd04f1b6cb683ee4a9660899881a
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/18209/noaa_18209_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 632.81 KB ]