Environmental Assessment for Amendment 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Amendment 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for Scallop Fisheries off Alaska; Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off the Coast of Alaska

Pennoyer, Steven; Fruchter, Susan B.

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Environmental Assessment for Amendment 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Amendment 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for Scallop Fisheries off Alaska; Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off the Coast of Alaska

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1999
By Pennoyer, Steven ; Fruchter, Susan B.

[PDF - 18.08 MB]

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Personal Author:

Pennoyer, Steven ; Fruchter, Susan B.
Corporate Authors:

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

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AKR (Alaska Region) ; AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center) ; NWFSC (Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
Description:

This Environmental Assessment addresses alternatives to protect and conserve essential fish habitat (EFH) of finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and salmon off Alaska. EFH is defined as all habitat within a general distribution for a species life stage, for all information levels and under all stock conditions. A general distribution area a subset of a species range. For any species listed under the Endangered Species Act, EFH includes all areas identified as "critical habitat." Amending the fishery management plans with this EFH information will facilitate longstanding efforts on the part of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and NMFS to integrate habitat considerations into the fishery management process. It will allow NMFS to be more proactive in coordinating with other Federal and state agencies when their activities may adversely affect EFH.
Document Type:

Environmental Assessment
Place as Subject:

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

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (United States) ; Endangered Species Act of 1973 (United States)
Rights Information:

Public Domain
Compliance:

Library
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19209/noaa_19209_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 18.08 MB]
Collection(s):

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:d1aed657d854ee0ae0b203eca25862d3d83b50a993de6c5a013ad67f2da3bac5

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