Secretarial Review Regulatory  Impact Review Final Environmental Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for proposed Amendment 88 to the Gulf of Alaska Fishery Management Plan Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program

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Secretarial Review Regulatory Impact Review Final Environmental Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for proposed Amendment 88 to the Gulf of Alaska Fishery Management Plan Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program

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2008

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National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.) ; North Pacific Fishery Management Council
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AKR (Alaska Region)
Description:

In 2003, the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of Commerce to establish, in consultation with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (the Council), a pilot program (the Pilot Program) for management of the Pacific ocean perch, northern rockfish, and pelagic shelf rockfish fisheries (the target rockfish fisheries) in the Central Gulf of Alaska (CGOA). Following this directive, in 2005, the Council adopted a share-based management program, under which the total allowable catch (TAC) of rockfish primary species (Pacific ocean perch, northern rockfish, and pelagic shelf rockfish) is apportioned as exclusive shares to cooperatives, based on the catch history of the members of those cooperatives. Although originally subject to a sunset after 2 years, the 2007 reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act extended the term of the program to 5 years. Under this extension, the Pilot Program is scheduled to sunset after the 2011 season. In the absence of Council action, management of the rockfish fisheries would revert to the License Limitation Program (LLP). This action considers alternatives to allowing the rockfish fisheries to return to LLP management, in order to maintain the benefits derived under the Pilot Program.
Keywords:

Catch Effort Environmental Impact Analysis Fisheries Fishery Management Sebastes Trawls And Trawling Catch Effort Environmental Impact Analysis Fishery Management Trawls And Trawling
Document Type:

Environmental Assessment
Place as Subject:

Alaska, Gulf of ; Aleutian Islands (Alaska) ; Bering Sea
Name as Subject:

Regulatory Flexibility Act (United States) ; Regulatory Flexibility Act (United States)
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