Environmental Assessment of a Final Rule to Implement Requirements for Seabird Bycatch Avoidance Devices in the Hook-and-Line Pacific Halibut Fishery off Alaska

Details

• Personal Author:
  Pennoyer, Steven ; Fruchter, Susan B.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
• Description:
  The final rule requires operators of hook-and-line vessels fishing for Pacific halibut in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area and the Gulf of Alaska to conduct fishing operations in a specified manner and to employ specified bird avoidance techniques to reduce seabird bycatch and incidental seabird mortality. The action is necessary to mitigate hook-and-line fishery interactions with the short-tailed albatross, an endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Act, and other species.
• Keywords:
  Bycatches (Fisheries) Endangered Species Mortality Pacific Halibut Sea Birds Short-tailed Albatross Endangered Species Pacific Halibut Sea Birds Short-tailed Albatross
• Document Type:
  Environmental Assessment
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska, Gulf of
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:87e369375448369978418a37caa8f973608047f82555778dfbbf8f6ba86b87f8
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/18251/noaa_18251_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.27 MB ]