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

Details

• Personal Author:
  Pennoyer, Steven ; Fruchter, Susan B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) ; AKR (Alaska Region)
• Description:
  The final rule requires operators of hook-and-line vessels fishing for groundfish 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 Groundfishes Mortality Sea Birds Short-tailed Albatross Endangered Species Sea Birds Short-tailed Albatross
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Environmental Assessment
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska)
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:515a13ab28db01b2753ac3e41b34ff4d0d463d1c2234d22a30e30eb00229a92200f8ddd45066cb209d041eb31c9aabe0a68b1f7b2fefc3aafae4df6856518512
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19389/noaa_19389_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.24 MB ]