Download or read book Biological Assessment of the Effects of the Federal Fisheries State Parallel Groundfish Fisheries and Pacific Halibut Fisheries on the Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter and Its Designated Critical Habitat written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) listed the southwest Alaska distinct population segment (SWDPS) of the northern sea otter as threatened in 2005. In 2006, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the USFWS consulted on the effects of the groundfish, crab, and scallop fisheries on the SWDPS of the northern sea otter. The consultation concluded with a determination that the fisheries were not likely to adversely affect the SWDPS. In 2009, the USFWS designated critical habitat of the SWDPS of the northern sea otter, and consequently, NMFS is requesting reinitiating consultation under section 7 of the ESA. The fisheries analyzed are: Alaska groundfish fisheries as authorized by the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, and the State of Alaska parallel groundfish fisheries in State of Alaska waters; Alaska king and Tanner crab fisheries as authorized by the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs; Alaska salmon fisheries as authorized by the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off Alaska; Alaska scallop fisheries as authorized by the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska. In addition, this consultation pertains to the effect on SWDPS of northern sea otters and their critical habitat from Pacific halibut fisheries in U.S. Convention waters off Alaska within International Pacific Halibut Commission regulatory areas 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and 4E. In this analysis, the potential direct and indirect impacts of federal fisheries and fisheries managed by the State of Alaska with federal coordination or oversight are evaluated in the context of the SWDPS of the northern sea otter and its designated critical habitat. The best available commercial information is used to describe the potential impacts of the fisheries on sea otters and on their designated critical habitat. Cumulative effects of non-federal actions also are examined. Effects of the fisheries on sea otters and their critical habitat can be either direct or indirect effects. Direct effects include the incidental take of sea otters in fishing gear and the disturbance of sea otters by fishing vessels. The potential for incidental takes of SWDPS of northern sea otters in the fisheries analyzed in this biological assessment is discountable. Potential indirect effect on the SWDPS of northern sea otters or on their critical habitat is due to impacts on prey resources. Prey species are varied and include urchins, crabs, and bivalves, which may be directly or indirectly harvested in one or more target fisheries. Primary Constituent Elements (PCEs) for critical habitat include food, water, air, light, minerals, or other nutritional or physiological requirements (73 FR 76457, December 16, 2008). Fishery indirect effects on prey would be primarily from the direct or incidental harvest of these species or effects on the habitat that support these prey resources. Fishery catch data within critical habitat, with particular attention to incidental catch of potential sea otter prey and fishery activities that may impact habitat supporting prey, are provided. This information is used to determine the potential impact of the fisheries on prey resources of the SWDPS of the northern sea otter and the potential impacts of the fisheries on the PCEs provided by designated critical habitat. The impacts of the fisheries are so small as to not have a measureable effect on the SWDPS of the northern sea otter, their prey, or designated critical habitat. The effects are therefore insignificant."--Executive summary.
Download or read book Scientific Report written by International Pacific Halibut Commission and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea Aleutian Islands Proposed Individual Fishing Quota Management Alternatives for Halibut Fisheries written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Halibut Fisheries Management Plan FMP written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final recovery plan for the steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis to Reduce Gulf of Alaska Halibut Prohibited Species Catch Limits written by Darrell Brannan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This document is an environmental assessment/regulatory impact review/initial regulatory flexibility analysis analyzing proposed management measures that would apply to the directed groundfish fishery in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). The measures under consideration would set Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) limits in Federal regulation, decrease the annual GOA halibut PSC limits for trawl and hook-and-line groundfish fisheries, and implement additional halibut PSC management measures for the GOA groundfish fisheries. The purpose of this action is to minimize halibut bycatch in the GOA groundfish fisheries to the extent practicable and to promote the Jong-term conservation and abundance of halibut for all users of the resource. The proposed action is not expected to have significant impacts on the human environment"--Cover letter summary.
Download or read book Essential Fish Habitat Identification and Conservation in Alaska written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures written by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report to Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Some Analyses of Consequences of Fisheries Expansion in the Gulf of Alaska and Eastern Bering Sea written by Taivo Laevastu and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Risk Evaluation and Biological Reference Points for Fisheries Management written by National Research Council Canada and published by NRC Research Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented: 1) Reference points for fisheries management: the western Canadian experience; 2) Reference points for fisheries management: the eastern Canadian experience; 3) Reference points for fisheries management: the ICES experience; 4) Spawning stock biomass per recruit in fisheries management: foundation and current use; 5) The development of a management procedure for the South African anchovy resource; 6) How much spawning per recruit is enough?; 7) The behaviour of Flow, Fmed and Fhigh in response to variation in parameters used for their estimation; 8) The Barents Sea capelin stock collapse: a lesson to learn; 9) Variance estimates for fisheries assessment: their importance and how best to evaluate them; 10) Evaluating the accuracy of projected catch estimates from sequential population analysis and trawl survey abundance estimates; 11) Bootstrap estimates of ADAPT parameters, their projection in risk analysis and their retrospective patterns; 12) Analytical estimates of reliability for the projected yield from commercial fisheries; 13) Risk evaluation of the 10% harvest rate procedure for capelin in NAFO Division 3L; 14) Using jackknife and Monte Carlo simulation techniques to evaluate forecast models for Atlantic salmon; 15) Monte Carlo evaluation of risks for biological reference points used in New Zealand fishery assessments; 16) A comparison of event free risk analysis to Ricker spawner-recruit simulation: an example with Atlantic menhaden; 17) Choosing a management strategy for stock rebuilding when control is uncertain; 18) Risks and uncertainties in the management of a single-cohort squid fishery: the Falkland Islands Illex fishery as an example; 19) Risks of over- and under-fishing new resources; 20) Estimation of density-dependent natural mortality in British Columbia herring stocks through SSPA and its impact on sustainable harvesting strategies; 21) The comparative performance of production-model and ad hoc tuned VPA based feedback-control management procedures for the stock of Cape hake off the west coast of Africa; 22) A proposal for a threshold stock size and maximum fishing mortality rate; 23) Biological reference points for Canadian Atlantic gadoid stocks; 24) Stochastic locally-optimal harvesting; 25) ITQ based fisheries management; 26) Bioeconomic methods for determining TACs; 27) Management strategies: fixed or variable catch quotas; 28) Bioeconomic impacts of TAC adjustment strategies: a model applied to northern cod; 29) Experimental management programs for two rockfish stocks off British Columbia; 30)A brief overview of the experimental approach to reducing uncertainty in fisheries management; 31) Fisheries management organizations: a study of uncertainty.
Download or read book Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-01-06 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report indicates that climate change will significantly affect the availability and trade of fish products, especially for those countries most dependent on the sector, and calls for effective adaptation and mitigation actions encompassing food production.
Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures in the Federal Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska Implemented Under the Fishery Management Plans for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area pt 1 Executive summary Chapters 1 3 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures in the Federal Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska Implemented Under the Fishery Management Plans for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area Public comment letters on Draft SEIS Agency response to comments written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Discards in the World s Marine Fisheries written by Kieran Kelleher and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication gives an updated review of the quantity of discards in the world's marine fisheries, using information from a broad range of fisheries in all continents. A number of policy issues are discussed including a 'no discards' approach to fisheries management, the need for balance between bycatch reduction and bycatch utilisation initiatives, and concerns arising from incidental catches of marine mammals, birds and reptiles. The report also highlights the need for more robust methods of estimating discards, and the development of bycatch management plans.
Download or read book Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Implementation of a Fishery Management Plan for Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington Oregon and California written by Pacific Fishery Management Council (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures in the Federal Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska Implemented Under the Fishery Management Plans for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area Appendices A B C D E and F written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
