Download or read book Environmental Assessment Regulatory Impact Review and Final Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis for a Final Rule to Implement the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan and Revise the Large Mesh Size Restriction Under the Mid Atlantic Large Mesh Gillnet Rule written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of the Atlantic east coast commercial fisheries are managed under the authority of either individual states and/or the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA). These fisheries are also subject to the requirements of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The 1994 amendments to the MMPA require the preparation and implementation of Take Reduction Plans (TRPs) for strategic marine mammal stocks that interact with Category I or II fisheries. The purposes of the ESA, as stated in Section 2(b), are to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered or threatened species depend may be conserved, to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered or threatened species, and to take such steps as may be appropriate to achieve the treaties and conventions set forth in the Act. This rulemaking combines two actions under different regulatory authorities, the MMPA and ESA. The action under the MMPA is necessary because the western North Atlantic coastal bottlenose dolphin stock, Tursiops truncatus, is a strategic stock in which the serious injury and mortality incidental to nine Category I and II fisheries is exceeding PBR levels. The Preferred Alternative will implement the final BDTRP, which contains regulatory and non-regulatory management measures to directly reduce bycatch of bottlenose dolphins incidental to these fisheries. Regulatory measures will achieve the short-term goal of the MMPA and include gillnet effort reduction, gear tending requirements, gear or gear deployment modifications for small, medium, and large mesh gillnets in seven management units from New Jersey through the east coast of Florida. Non-regulatory measures will also help meet the short-term goal and provide a framework for meeting the long-term goal of the MMPA. Non-regulatory measures include continued research and monitoring, enforcement of regulations, outreach to fishermen, and a collaborative effort with states to remove derelict crab trap/pot gear. The Preferred Alternative also contains an action under the ESA to amend the current large mesh gillnet size restriction in the mid-Atlantic large mesh gillnet rule from greater than 8-inch (20.3 cm) stretched mesh to 7-inches (17.8 cm) or larger stretched mesh. This action is intended to provide consistency in state and federal management of large mesh gillnets and facilitate compliance of commercial fishermen with these regulations.
Download or read book The Economics of Protected Marine Species Concepts in Research and Management written by Kristy Wallmo and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protected marine species have populations that are depleted, decreasing, or are at-risk of extinction or local extirpation. As of 2015 The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a global environmental organization, lists approximately 737 marine species worldwide that are considered at risk of extinction. Many are provided legal protection through national laws requiring research and management measures aimed at recovering and maintaining the species at a sustainable population level. Integral to the policy decision process involving the management and recovery of marine species is the consideration of trade-offs between the economic and ecological costs and benefits of protection. This suggests that economics, at its core the study of trade-offs, has a significant role. In the U.S. a somewhat traditional use of economics in protected species research and management has involved cost minimization or cost-effectiveness analyses to help select or prioritize conservation actions. Economic research has also provided estimates of public non-market benefits of recovering species, which can be used in larger management frameworks such as ecosystem based management and coastal and marine spatial planning. Inherent in much of this research, however, are complex biological and ecological relationships in which varying degrees of scientific uncertainty are present. Addressing this type of uncertainty can affect the economic outcomes related to protected species. For example, recent work suggests that increasing scientific precision in biological sampling and models can greatly affect the magnitude of economic benefits to commercial fisheries, while other research suggests that public non-market benefits of species recovery are sensitive to uncertainty about baseline population estimates. Previous research has illustrated the importance of understanding the biological, ecological, and economic aspects of protected species management and recovery. In this research topic we synthesize current protected marine species economic research and expand the discussion on present and future challenges related to protected species economics. The series of manuscripts brings together an array of prominent researchers and advances our understanding of the ecological and economic aspects of managing and recovering protected marine species.
Download or read book Marine Resource Economics written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Environmental Impact Statement Regulatory Impact Review and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Amending the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Risk Reduction Rule 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 Final Environmental Assessment Final Regulatory Impact Review and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Final Rule to Modify the Retention of Incidentally caught Highly Migratory Species in Atlantic Trawl Fisheries written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This final action will modify the permitting and retention requirements for Atlantic HMS to address the incidental catch of North Atlantic swordfish in the Illex squid trawl fishery, and the incidental catch of species in the smoothhound shark complex (genus Mustelus) in all Atlantic trawl fisheries. The action will reduce regulatory dead discards of incidentally caught swordfish in the Illex squid trawl fishery by establishing a new Incidental HMS Squid Trawl permit. It will also establish a retention limit for smoothhound sharks in all Atlantic trawl fisheries. This action will be consistent with the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. The action is not expected to significantly alter current fishing practices or increase fishing effort, and is not be expected to change previously analyzed endangered species or marine mammal interaction rates or magnitudes, or affect critical habitat"--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 Draft Environmental Impact Statement Regulatory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Amending the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Risk Reduction Rule written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Environmental Assessment Regulatory Impact Review and Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis for a Final Rule to Establish Identification and Certification Procedures for Nations Under the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This action would establish regulations for the Secretary of Commerce to certify nations whose vessels are engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fishing activity or bycatch of protected living marine resources. These regulations are procedural and administrative in nature"--Cover letter.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment Regulatory Impact Review and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Rule to Adjust the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General and Harpoon Category Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this action, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) would adjust regulations governing the U.S. BFT fishery to : (1) Increase the General category maximum BFT daily retention limit from three to five fish (with limit adjustments to be executed via inseason actions when and if appropriate): (2) Allow the BFT General category season to remain open until the January subquota is reached or March 31 (whichever happens first): and (3) Increase the Harpoon category daily retention limit of BFT measuring 73 to 81 inches from two to four fish. This action is intended to enable more thorough utilization of the available U.S. BFT quota for the General and Harpoon permit categories: minimize bycatch and bycatch mortality to the extent practicable: expand fishing opportunities for participants in the commercial winter General category fishery: and increase NMFS' flexibility for selling the General category retention limit depending on available quota. This action would be consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, and the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. This action is not expected to significantly alter current fishing practices and bycatch mortality rates, or increase fishing effort, and it is not expected to change previously analyzed endangered species or marine mammal interaction rates or magnitudes."--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 Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Proposed Regulatory Amendment to Implement the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to Revise the Maximum Retainable Amounts of Groundfish in the Arrowtooth Flounder Fishery written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (EA/RIR/IRFA) evaluates the environmental impacts, costs and benefits, and small entity impacts of a proposed regulatory amendment to increase the maximum retainable amounts of selected groundfish in the arrowtooth flounder and Kamchatka flounder fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). The purpose of the proposed amendment is to reduce the amount of regulatory discards of otherwise marketable groundfish in the developing arrowtooth and Kamchatka flounder fishery and to allow the Amendment 80 fleet to retain those regulatory discards thereby reducing waste. The proposed action also would revise regulations at 50 CFR part 679 to accommodate the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's removal of Kamchatka flounder from the arrowtooth flounder complex in the BSAI. This EA/RIR/IRFA addresses the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, Presidential Executive Order 12866, and the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Regulatory Amendment to Limit Access by Federally permitted Vessels to the BSAI Pacific Cod Parallel Waters Fishery written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This final rule would amend federal fishing permits (FFPs) and license limitation program licenses to require Pot and Hook-and-Line catcher/processors to have the same endoresements on those permits and licenses to catch Pacific cod in the State of Alaska parallel fishery as are required for them to participate in the federal fisheries. It would also prevent vessels from surrendering an FFP or removing endorsements on an FFP to avoid federal recordkeeping and reporting, vessel monitoring systems, and observer requirements"--Cover letter.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis analyzes Amendment 34 which amends the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationali zation Program to exempt additional recipients of crab quota share from Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod and pollock harvest limits, called sideboards. Sideboards apply to some vessels and license limitation program licenses that are used to participate in these fisheries. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council determined that these recipients demonstrated a sufficient level of historical participation in Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod or pollock fisheries and should be exempt from the Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod and pollock sideboards. This action is necessary to give these recipients an opportunity to participate in the Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod and pollock fisheries at historical levels. This final rule revises regulations governing exemptions from and calculations of sideboard harvest limits in the Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod and pollock fisheries and revises Tables 17 and 18 that establish the 20II - 2012 Gulf of Alaska ground fish harvest sideboard limits. To fully implement Amendment 34 NMFS will reissue Federal fisheries permits and license limitation program licenses to all participants that are affected by the action."--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of three 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 Final Environmental Assessment Regulatory Impact Review and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Final Rule to Implement the 2010 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Recommendations on Sharks written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NMFS is implementing the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) recommendations 10-07 and 10-08, which prohibit the retention, transshipping, landing, storing, or selling of hammerhead sharks in the family Sphyrnidae (except for Sphyrna tiburo) and oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) caught in association with ICCAT fisheries. This rule affects the commercial HMS pelagic longline (PLL) fishery and recreational fisheries for tunas, swordfish, and billfish in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. This action implements lCCAT recommendations, consistent with the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, and furthers domestic management objectives under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. This action will not significantly impact the quality of the human environment, and all beneficial and adverse impacts of the action have been addressed to reach the conclusion of no significant impacts"--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 Final Regulatory Impact Review final Environmental Assessment initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This action would amend the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP) and federal regulations related to the Amendment 80 Program to establish a process for the owners of Amendment 80 vessels to replace eligible trawl catcher/processor vessels. The action is necessary to rectify the currently untenable disagreement among the FMP, implementing regulations, and a recent Court Order (Arctic Sole Seafoods, Inc. v. Gutierrez, Case No. 07-1676MJP; May 19, 2008) that vacated the specific regulatory provisions that preclude vessel replacement"--Abstract from Environmental Assessment; Portfolio comprised of three 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 Draft Environmental Assessment Regulatory Impact Review and Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis for a Temporary Rule to Set the 2011 Gulf of Mexico Gag Recreational and Commercial Management Measures written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This interim rule would reduce the commercial gag quota to 430,000 pounds for the 2011 fishing year, temporarily suspend the use of red grouper multi-use IFQ allocation so it cannot be used to harvest gag, and set a recreational gag fishing season from September 16 through November 15. The environmental assessment (EA) provides a review of the NEPA criteria for significant effects (40 CFR Part 1508.27) and NOAA Fisheries Service criteria for significance (NAO 216-6 Section 6.02), and concluded no significant effect on the quality of the human environment is anticipated from this action"--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of three 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 Environmental Assessment Regulatory Impact Review and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Rule to Implement the 2011 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Recommendation on Silky Sharks written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This action is necessary to implement recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) pursuant to the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA) and to achieve domestic management objectives under the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson- Stevens Act). This action implements Recommendation 11-08 adopted at the 2011 annual meeting of ICCAT. Recommendation 11-08 requires fishing vessels operating in ICCAT-managed fisheries to release all silky sharks whether dead or alive, and prohibits retaining on board, transshipping, or landing any part or whole carcass of silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). This action also prohibits the storing, selling or purchasing of silky sharks. This measure is consistent with the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP)"--Abstract.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Regulatory Amendment to Revise Harvest Regulations Associated with the Community Development Quota Fisheries in Accordance with the Magnuson Stevens Fisherty Conservation Management Act as Amended by the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis evaluates the environmental effects, as well as costs and benefits, of different alternatives to modify fishery management regulations for the Community Development Quota (CDQ) fisheries conducted in the Bering Sea and Aleuitian Islands. Proposed changes to 50 CFR part 679 include revising CDQ regulations associated with fisheries observer coverage requirements, bycatch retention, vessel licensing, and reporting requirements to ensure that they are no more restrictive than the regulations in effect for comparable individual fishing quota fisheries and fisheries managed with cooperatives. These proposed changes are necessary to comply with the requirements of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, as amended by the Coast Guard and Maritime Transporation Act of 2006"--Abstract.
Download or read book Final Environmental Assessment Final Regulatory Impact Review Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Amendment 83 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Amendment 83 would allocate the Western and Central Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) limits among various gear and operational sectors. Sector allocations would limit the amount of Western and Central GOA Pacific cod that each sector is authorized to harvest. This action would reduce competition among sectors and support stability in the Pacific cod fishery. This amendment would also limit access to the Federal Pacific cod TAC fisheries prosecuted in State waters, commonly known as the 'parallel fishery', adjacent to the Western and Central GOA. This action is intended to promote community participation and provide incentives for new entrants in the jig sector. It also promotes the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the fishery management plan, and other applicable laws"--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of three related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.
