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

Gasper, Jason R.

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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

2008
By Gasper, Jason R.

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Gasper, Jason R.
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United States. National Marine Fisheries Service ; North Pacific Fishery Management Council

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service ; North Pacific Fishery Management Council Less -
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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AKR (Alaska Region)

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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.
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Bycatches (Fisheries) Caps And Closures Catch Effort Environmental Impact Analysis Exemption (Law) Fish And Game Licenses Fishery Management Gear Selectivity Harvesting Marine Mammal Excluder Devices Mortality Pacific Cod Pacific Halibut Trawlers (Vessels)
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Environmental Assessment
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Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska) ; Alaska

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