Environmental Assessment for Proposed Amendment 79 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska - Set Overfishing and Acceptable Biological Catch Specifications for the “Other Species” Category in the Gulf of Alaska

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Marine Fisheries Service ; North Pacific Fishery Management Council
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AKR (Alaska Region)
• Description:
  The proposed action would amend the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP) to require the Council to annually set an aggregate overfishing limit (OFL) and acceptable biological catch level (ABC) for the “other species” category. Currently, the Council only sets total allowable catch (TAC) for the “other species” category, according to a formula specified in the FMP. Under the proposed action, the “other species” category would be subject to the harvest specifications procedure laid out in the FMP for target groundfish species.
• Keywords:
  Environmental Impact Analysis Fishery Management Groundfishes Harvesting Overfishing Species Pools Specifications Environmental Impact Analysis Fishery Management Species Pools
• Document Type:
  Environmental Assessment
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska) ; Alaska
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4b7b0daa58ffd2826199d73cbbbc1a47033046cf5a02191adf672a967c379d03f6fe4f88e332527f9b848b0d67db8074878c2a42a72d0b566aee2adf35a2db72
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/23926/noaa_23926_DS1.pdf
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