Environmental assessment and Regulatory Impact review for a regulatory amendment to revise maximum retainable bycatch percentages for shortraker/rougheye rockfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Details

• Personal Author:
  Pennoyer, Steven ; Fruchter, Susan B.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
• Description:
  This action establishes reduced maximum retainable bycatch (MRB) percentages for shortraker and rougheye rockfish caught in the Aleutian Islands area. MRB percentages are a management tool to slow down the rate of harvest of a species placed on bycatch catch status and reduce the incentive to operators of fishing vessels to target on the species. This action establishes a bycatch species group for shortraker and rougheye rockfish in the Aleutian Islands subarea. The MRBs for these species are reduced from 15 to 7 percent for deep-water species and from S to 2 percent for shallow-water species. The new MRBs are intended to minimize the regulatory discard of these species and slow the rate of harvest to reduce the potential for overfishing.
• Keywords:
  Bycatches (Fisheries) Harvesting Overfishing Sebastes Shortraker Rockfish Shortraker Rockfish
• 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:a2a40c8bffb27c003b86c23a295a85fd9c8deb5b70ead9e545ab87f52e426667
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/18226/noaa_18226_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.30 MB ]