Download or read book Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan FMP for the Northeast Skate Complex with an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Final Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan FMP for the Northeast Skate Complex and Final Environmental Impact Statement FEIS with an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This document serves as Final Amendment 3 to the Skate FMP, the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) which updates and supplements the original EIS for the skate fishery (available at http://www.nefmc.org/skates/fmp/fmp.htm), and a Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report (Section 7.0 of this document). The purpose of the amendment is to propose and consider modifications of existing management measures or new skate fishery management measures to address the following issues: Overfished status of thorny skates; Overfishing of thorny skate; Implementation of annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs), a new mandate of the reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act; and A baseline review process that has become obsolete and less meaningful. The amendment also includes a new discussion and quantification of maximum sustainable yield (MSY; Section 4.1.2) and optimum yield (OY; Section 4.3). Quantification of these variables was not previously possible in the Skate FMP, due to problems with catch data and missing life history information about skates. Some of these issues have been resolved, but others have not. However the analysis of rebuilding potential in Section 8.3.1.1 has implications for sustainable catches. The estimated values at the biomass targets can serve as interim estimates or proxy values for MSY and OY, at least until better information comes forth about the population dynamics of skate species and catch reporting improves"--Executive summary (p. 3).

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Download or read book Framework Adjustment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Skate Complex Including an Environmental Assessment and an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Framework Adjustment I to the Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan (Skate FMP) implements several measures affecting the skate wing fishery. Framework Adjustment I was developed by the New England Fishery Management Council (Council) to adjust the possession limits for the skate wing fishery in order to slow the rate of skate wing landings, so that the available Total Allowable Landings limit (TAL) is taken by the fishery over a longer duration in the fishing year (FY) than occurred in FY 2010, thus ensuring a steady market supply. The action would also allow vessels that process skate wings at sea to land skate carcasses for sale into the bait market, without counting the carcass landings against the TAL (skate wings are already converted to live weight for monitoring). Although recommended by the Council as part of Framework I, NMFS has disapproved a proposal to increase the incidental possession limit for skate wings that would apply after the skate wing possession limit trigger is reached. Framework I does not adjust the skate fishery specifications for FY 2011"--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of two related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.

Download or read book Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan Amendment 23 written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management ACT Provisions Fisheries of the Northeastern United States Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Us National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation Noaa 2018 Edition written by The Law Library and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Law Library presents the complete text of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States - Northeast Skate Complex Fishery (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 NMFS is implementing approved measures in Amendment 3 to the Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan (Skate FMP), including final specifications for the 2010 and 2011 fishing years (FY). Amendment 3 was developed by the New England Fishery Management Council (Council) to rebuild overfished skate stocks and implement annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs) consistent with the requirements of the reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). Amendment 3 implements a rebuilding plan for smooth skate and establishes an ACL and annual catch target (ACT) for the skate complex, total allowable landings (TAL) for the skate wing and bait fisheries, seasonal quotas for the bait fishery, new possession limits, in season possession limit triggers, and other measures to improve management of the skate fisheries. This interim final rule also includes skate fishery specifications for FY 2010 and 2011, pursuant to the specifications process established in Amendment 3. This ebook contains: - The complete text of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States - Northeast Skate Complex Fishery (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition) - A dynamic table of content linking to each section - A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure

Download or read book Northeast Multispecies Fishery Fisheries Management Plan FMP written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The New England Fishery Management Council and the NOAA Assistant Administrator for Fisheries propose to adopt, approve, and implement Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (the Act). The EIS presents the details of a management program designed to ensure compliance with the Act. It proposes measures to continue formal rebuilding programs for overfished stocks and to end overfishing on those stocks where it is occurring. Appropriate management measures will be adopted to implement these rebuilding programs. The Amendment includes measures that address a wide range of other management issues."--Page 3.

Download or read book Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan Including a Final Environmental Impact Statement FEIS and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regulatory Impact initial Flexibility Analysis of Proposed Inshore offshore Allocation Alternatives Amendment 18 23 to Groundfish Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Fisheries Management Plan FMP and Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries Management Plan FMP written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Framework Adjustment 2 to the Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Skate Complex written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New England, the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) is charged with developing management plans that meet the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (M-S Act). The Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan (FMP) specifies the management measures for seven skate species (barndoor, clearnose, little, rosette, smooth, thorny and winter skates) off the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts. The FMP has been updated through a series of amendments, framework adjustments and specification packages. Amendment 3 to the FMP established a control rule for setting the Skate Allowable Biological Catch (ABC) based on survey biomass indices and median exploitation ratios; the ABC was set to equal the Annual Catch Limit (ACL). This framework action would implement changes to specifications based on updated data and research and would revise the Vessel Trip Report (VTR) and seafood dealer reporting requirements. The need for this action is to set the annual catch limit specifications for FY 2014 and FY 2015 to maintain the skate fisheries while adequately minimizing the risk of overfishing the seven skate stocks. A revised ACL is needed to address overfishing of winter skate. This action also proposes to change the skate wing VTR and dealer reporting requirements by removing the unclassified code and the codes for species not landed in the fishery --little, little/winter, rosette and smooth skate. It also proposes to remove the unclassified code for the bait fishery. This is expected to improve fishery-dependent data on skate landings by species, which is a requirement of the FMP. There are several purposes: to adopt specifications, to adopt possession limits and to modify the VTR and dealer reporting requirements"--Executive summary.

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Download or read book Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan Southern New England Skate Bait Trawl Exemption Area Environmental Assessment Regulatory Impact Review Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this action is to provide NE multispecies vessels fishing with trawl gear with the option to prosecute the skate bait fishery outside of the DAS program in an area that has been determined to have less than five percent of catch that is regulated groundfish species. The need for this action is to reduce inflated estimated discards of groundfish that cause an economic hardship for the groundfish sectors that currently prosecute the skate-bait fishery under a DAS"--Page 8.

Download or read book Final Amendment 3 to the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan Including a Final Environmental Impact Statement a Final Regulatory Impact Review a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis a Final Social Impact Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is amending the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan (FMP) based on several stock assessments that were completed in 2007 and 2008. After considering comments received during scoping and on a Predraft document, NMFS released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and proposed rule on July 24, 2009 (74 FR 36706 and 74 FR 36892). The DEIS and proposed rule considered measures to reduce fishing mortality and effort in order to rebuild overfished Atlantic shark species while ensuring that a limited shark fishery could be maintained. Additionally, NMFS proposed adding smooth dogfish under NMFS management due to growing concerns regarding the status of this unmanaged species. The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) describes a range of alternatives that could impact shark fishermen and dealers including modifying commercial quotas, modifying commercial gear restrictions, establishing a rebuilding plan for overfished stocks, establishing measures to prevent overfishing, modifying recreational measures, and establishing management measures for smooth dogfish"--Abstract.

Download or read book Final Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region Including Environmental Assessment Regulatory Impact Review and Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils have submitted the subject amendment for review and implementation by the Secretary of Commerce. This amendment will: (1) Remove four species from the FMP; (2) revise the framework procedure; (3) establish two migratory groups for cobia; and (4) establish annual catch limits, annual catch targets, and accountability measures for king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and cobia. Amendment 18 also contains non-regulatory actions to establish allowable biological catch control rules, set allocations for Atlantic group cobia, and revise definitions of management thresholds for Atlantic migratory group king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and cobia"--Cover letter.

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