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Corporate Authors:
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Southeast Region ; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.)
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Southeast Region ; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.) Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SER (Southeast Region) ; NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SER (Southeast Region) ; NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) Less -
Description:
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) is proposing, through Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Shrimp FMP), to modify provisions for shrimp vessels transiting through cold weather closed areas in federal waters. Currently, vessels transiting cold weather closed areas in federal waters of the South Atlantic with brown (Farfantepenaeus aztecus), pink (Fanfantepenaeus duorarum), or white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus) on board are required to stow a trawl net with a mesh size of less than 4 inches below deck. The proposed action in this amendment would modify the transit and gear stowage measures for the cold weather closed areas and eliminate the requirement to stow gear below deck.
Keywords:
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Environmental Impact Analysis
Equipment And Supplies
Fisheries
Fishery Management
Penaeus Aztecus
Penaeus Duorarum
Penaeus Setiferus
Brown Shrimp
Pink Shrimp
United States. National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969
White Shrimp

Document Type:
Environmental Assessment
Funding:
Award no. FNA15NMF4410010
Place as Subject:
Atlantic Ocean
Rights Information:
Public Domain
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Submitted
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urn:sha256:b91f7d56c15c2694376344e4ca77724767b6d76d2aa852de596d36a0200cdc0d
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