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Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Regulatory Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska for Full Retention of Demersal Shelf Rockfish in the Fixed Gear Fisheries
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1998
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Alternative Title:Amendment 53 Analysis
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Description:Total bycatch mortality of demersal shelf rockfish (DSR) in other fisheries is unknown. State and Federal fisheries managers believe a high level of unreported mortality of DSR is occurring in the directed and bycatch fisheries. Currently, the DSR MRB limits fishermen to 10 percent by weight of DSR against their halibut longline harvest. Any poundage in excess of the 10 percent limit is discarded at sea. Amending the regulations to require all DSR bycatch to be landed would enhance efforts to increase the accuracy of the accounting of total bycatch mortality of these fish. The action proposed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game would reduce waste and enhance estimates of total removals of demersal shelf rockfish species for stock assessment purposes: (1) without encouraging "topping off' with bycatch species and (2) decreasing waste of the resource. Additionally, the proposed action complies with four new requirements in the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996. The alternatives included in this analysis are: Alternative 1: No Action. Alternative 2: Require full retention of DSR in the fixed gear fisheries in GOA Regulatory Area 650. Option: Require IFQ registered buyers to accept deliveries of rockfish and Pacific cod as a condition of their permit.
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Rights Information:CC0 Public Domain
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