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Alternative Title:
Amendment 6 to the reef fish fishery management plan of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands;Amendment 5 to the fishery management plan for the spiny lobster fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands;Amendment 3 to the fishery management plan for the queen conch resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands;Amendment 3 to the fishery management plan for corals and reef associated plants and invertebrates of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands;Comprehensive ACL amendment;
Personal Author:
Crabtree, Roy E. ; Rauch, Samuel Dean, III, 1966-
Crabtree, Roy E. ; Rauch, Samuel Dean, III, 1966- Less -
Corporate Authors:
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.) ; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Southeast Region, ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration,
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.) ; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Southeast Region, ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration, Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SER (Southeast Region)
NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SER (Southeast Region) Less -
Description:
"The purpose of this Comprehensive ACL Amendment for the South Atlantic Region (Comprehensive ACL Amendment) is to implement measures expected to prevent overfishing and achieve OY while minimizing, to the extent practicable, adverse social and economic effects. Long-term measures include implementation of the following items: 1) changes to the snapper grouper fishery management unit, including the removal of some species, designation of ecosystem component species, and the development of species groups; 2) establish acceptable biological catch (ABC) control rules; 3) ACLs and annual catch targets (ACTs); 4) jurisdictional and sector allocations; 5) accountability measures (AMs); and 6) management measures necessary to ensure mortality is at or below the annual limits and targets. Optimum yield, the ultimate goal of any fishery management plan, is the portion of the fish stock that provides the greatest economic, social, and ecological benefit to the nation"--Abstract (page IV).
Keywords:
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Catch Effort Coral Fisheries Crab Fisheries Dolphins Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Fisheries Fishery Management Fishery Policy Fishing Government Policy Grouper Fisheries Lutjanidae Overfishing Sargassum Scombridae Sustainable Fisheries
Document Type:
Environmental Assessment
Place as Subject:
United States ; Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) ; Caribbean Sea ; Puerto Rico
United States ; Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) ; Caribbean Sea ; Puerto Rico Less -
Rights Information:
Public Domain
Compliance:
Submitted
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:31d7ee372b636d1cbf0a5f804f6c981a2e1bada93a23b25f0eb7c45cd2288b15
Download URL:
https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/762/noaa_762_DS1.pdf
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