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Environmental Assessment for the Issuance of an Exempted Fishing Permit to Test a Trawl Gear Modification to Reduce Bycatch Rates for Pacific Halibut in the Central Gulf of Alaska Pacific Cod Trawl Fishery



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  • Personal Author:
    Gasper, Jason R.
  • 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 exempted fishing permit (EFP) supports a project to test a device on trawl gear that may reduce Pacific halibut bycatch rates for the for Central Gulf of Alaska (GOA) trawl fishery. Pacific halibut bycatch is controlled by a prohibited species catch (PSC) limit that is essentially a common property quota. Once reached, PSC limits trigger the closure of a fishery regardless of the target species quota available for harvest. These closures impose a cost on the industry in the form of unharvested quota. A reduction in bycatch rates for PSC may allow the fishery to harvest a greater proportion of the total allowable catch quota for certain groundfish species. One method to reduce bycatch rates is to install trawl gear devices that exclude non-target species such as Pacific halibut. The proposed EFP will test a new halibut excluder device designed to reduce halibut bycatch. The proposed EFP is also consistent with Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act National Standard 9 which seeks to minimize bycatch and bycatch mortality.
  • Document Type:
    Environmental Assessment
  • Place as Subject:
    Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska) ; Alaska
  • Rights Information:
    Public Domain
  • Compliance:
    Submitted
  • Download URL:
    https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/23927/noaa_23927_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.30 MB]
  • Collection(s):
    National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:a5050518cb49e493d02fac5d0022f5a8e58d1bd1eb6736312b0b33227db6e55794f50b708b2a089dba57968ea118223a183869abb1af5957536da5c63dfb0f73
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