Fishing year 2012 northeast multispecies sector operations plans and contracts : a final environmental assessment

Morris, Daniel S. (Daniel Stephen)

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Fishing year 2012 northeast multispecies sector operations plans and contracts : a final environmental assessment

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2012
By Morris, Daniel S. (Daniel Stephen)

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Personal Author:

Morris, Daniel S. (Daniel Stephen)
Corporate Authors:

United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Northeast Region, ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration,
NOAA Program & Office:

NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
Description:

"This action partially approves, and implements, 19 Northeast (NE) multispecies (groundfish) sector operations plans and contracts for fishing year 2012, and allocates quotas of NE multispecies to the sectors. This action does not approve certain exemptions and measures proposed in the operations plans. Approval of sector operations plans is necessary to allocate quota to the sectors and to grant the sectors regulatory exemptions. This provides vessels participating in sectors with increased operational flexibility while limiting overall fishing mortality. The environmental assessment determined that there would likely be negligible impacts to habitat, allocated species and non-allocated target species, a low negative impact to endangered and protected species, and a low positive impact on ports and sector participants"--Summary from cover letter.
Keywords:

Catch Effort Cod Fisheries Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Fisheries Fishery Management Fishery Policy Flatfish Fisheries Government Policy Haddock Fisheries Hake Fisheries Halibut Fisheries Overfishing Plaice Fisheries Pollock Fisheries Sustainable Fisheries Catch Effort Cod Fisheries Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Fishery Management Fishery Policy Flatfish Fisheries Government Policy Haddock Fisheries Hake Fisheries Halibut Fisheries Plaice Fisheries Pollock Fisheries Sustainable Fisheries
Format:

pdf
Document Type:

Environmental Assessment
Place as Subject:

United States ; North Atlantic Ocean ; Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Rights Information:

Public Domain
Compliance:

Submitted
Main Document Checksum:

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