Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Regulatory Amendment to Provide a Two-Week Trawl Closure Near Unimak Pass to Facilitate an Experiment Investigating the Effects of Commercial Fishing on Local Abundance of Pacific Cod

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• Personal Author:
  Balsiger, James W. ; Conners, Elizabeth M. ; Muse, Ben
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Description:
  This Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) provides an analysis of a final regulatory amendment. Approval of the regulatory amendment would impose a two-week ban on trawl, hook-and line and pot fishing in the specified area near Unimak Pass in the eastern Bering Sea. This short-term closure would be in effect between March 15 and March 31 in the years 2003 - 2006. The changes in fishing regulations are needed to permit NMFS to conduct unimpeded experiments on the effects of commercial trawling on local abundance of Pacific cod, as part of a comprehensive research program on sea lion/fishery interactions. The FRFA provides an analysis of the expected impacts of proposed action on small entities.
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  Gulf of Alaska (Alaska) ; Bering Sea
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/18379/noaa_18379_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 160.04 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2cae62adffe50c341f9cfe395a7bbb355ba51ed4d5c0e89a8fd3b999e97539105f0d4a32ef518b8ba249792a395632a1240d7f5e158d6c552e14f54a9dad51e5