Final Environment Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review for Amendment 50 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and Amendment 50 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska to Authorize  Distribution of Halibut Bycatch in the Groundfish Fisheries off Alaska to Economically Disadvantaged Individuals

Trumble, Robert J.; Kinsolving, Alan

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Final Environment Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review for Amendment 50 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and Amendment 50 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska to Authorize Distribution of Halibut Bycatch in the Groundfish Fisheries off Alaska to Economically Disadvantaged Individuals

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1998
By Trumble, Robert J. ; Kinsolving, Alan

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Personal Author:

Trumble, Robert J. ; Kinsolving, Alan
Corporate Authors:

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

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

Halibut are taken incidental to the Alaska groundfish fisheries. Vessels participating in these fisheries typically use trawl, hook-and-line or pot gear: with trawl gear accounting for most of the groundfish catch, and for about 84 percent of the halibut bycatch mortality. A portion of this bycatch is landed dead at shore side processing facilities and must be returned to Federal waters for disposal as a prohibited species. Total halibut bycatch mortality was estimated to be 6,757 metric tons during 1996.

At its January 1993 meeting, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) recommended to the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) and to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that a program to allow limited retention of halibut for donation to needy individuals be considered. At its April 1997 meeting, the council approved alternative 2 as its preferred alternative.
Keywords:

Bycatches (Fisheries) Federal Fishery Management Plan Groundfishes Halibut Fisheries Mortality Halibut Fisheries
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:d4cd802188eea9b235560ead4f67ad43bcefcdd180997d5719c15f9c552a8740
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19381/noaa_19381_DS1.pdf
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