Final environmental assessment regulatory impact review for a final rule to implement complementary HMS management measures for Madison-Swanson, Steamboat Lumps, and the Edges 40 Fathom Contour closure areas consistent with the recommendations of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council

Risenhoover, Alan Dean, 1962-

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Final environmental assessment regulatory impact review for a final rule to implement complementary HMS management measures for Madison-Swanson, Steamboat Lumps, and the Edges 40 Fathom Contour closure areas consistent with the recommendations of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council

2009
By Risenhoover, Alan Dean, 1962-

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Risenhoover, Alan Dean, 1962-
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United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Highly Migratory Species Division, ; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration,

United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Highly Migratory Species Division, ; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration, Less -
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"This Environmental Assessment (EA) tiers off the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared in 2008 by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC) for Amendment 30b to the Gulf Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan (GMFMC 2008), and the EIS prepared for the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan (NMFS 2006). The purpose of this action is to implement compatible regulations for HMS fisheries in the Madison-Swanson, Steamboat Lumps, and the Edges 40 Fathom Contour fishery closure areas to protect spawning aggregations of gag grouper and other reef species, protect spawning habitat, and protect a portion of the offshore male population of gag grouper. Incidental ecological benefits could also accrue to other species that occur within the proposed closure areas. It would close a potential loophole whereby HMS fisheries could be prosecuted in these areas if they were only closed to fisheries managed by the GMFMC. NMFS is performing this action at the request of the GMFMC"--Abstract (p. ii).
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Conservation Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Policy Fishery Closures Fishery Management Government Policy Migratory Fishes Overfishing Sustainable Fisheries
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Mexico, Gulf of ; United States

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