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 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This action would modify the groundfish retention standard (GRS) program by removing certain regulatory requirements mandating minimum levels of groundfish retention and adding requirements for annual reports on groundfish retention performance. The GRS program was implemented to increase the retention and utilization of groundfish caught by trawl catcher/processor (C/P) vessels not listed in the American Fisheries Act (AFA), referred to as Amendment 80 vessels, and Amendment 80 cooperatives participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries. NMFS has discovered that the regulatory methodology used to calculate compliance with the GRS requires individual Amendment 80 vessels and Amendment 80 cooperatives to retain groundfish at minimum rates well above the minimum rates recommended by the Council or implemented by NMFS. This action would relieve non-AFA trawl C/Ps and Amendment 80 cooperatives from undue compliance costs stemming from the mandatory GRS rates.
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 Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for the Exclusive Area Registration Proposal in the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska written by University of Alaska Fairbanks. Institute of Social and Economic Research and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Regulatory Amendment to Implement Management Measures Under a Guideline Harvest Level And or Moratorium for Halibut in Areas 2C and 3A written by North Pacific Fishery Management Council and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
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 Final Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Amendment 100 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and Amendment 91 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska written by Melanie Brown and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis analyzes alternatives to include three species of grenadiers (giant, Pacific, and popeye grenadiers) in the groundfish fishery management plans (FMPs). The groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska incidentally catch grenadiers while harvesting target groundfish. This action would amend the FMPs for groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska to include grenadiers in the FMPs as either "in the fishery" or an "ecosystem component." The purpose of this action is to improve the reporting and catch accounting of grenadiers in order to provide additional protection for grenadiers from the potential adverse effects of groundfish fisheries off Alaska. This proposed action is necessary to limit and monitor the incidental catch of grenadiers in the groundfish fisheries.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Amendment 21 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and Amendment 16 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands written by North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Plan Teams for the Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and published by . This book was released on 1990 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 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for the Proposed Delay of the Pollock B Season in the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands written by University of Alaska Fairbanks. Institute of Social and Economic Research and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Amendment 19 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands written by North Pacific Fishery Management Council and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 51 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 Final Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Proposed Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the GOA Management Area to Add Pacific Cod Endorsements to Western and Central GOA Fixed Gear LLP Licenses written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Amendment 86 would implement four distinct actions. First, a Pacific cod fishery endorsement would be added to license limitation program (LLP) licenses for fixed-gear in the directed Pacific cod fishery in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Second, Amendment 86 would exempt vessels using jig gear from the requirement to be assigned an LLP license. Third, Amendment 86 would modify the maximum length overall of some LLP licenses that are assigned a Pacific cod endorsement. Fourth, Amendment 86 would allow non-profit entities representing specific communities in the Central and Western GOA to request a limited number of nontransferrable Pacific cod endorsed LLP licenses. The Environmental Assessment provides decision makers and the public with an evaluation of the environmental, social, and economic effects of the proposed action"--Cover letter.
Download or read book Final Amendment Number 4 Regulatory Impact Review Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis and Environmental Assessment for the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region written by South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Assessment regulatory Impact Review initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis of Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands written by North Pacific Fishery Management Council and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Regulatory Impact Assessment written by Claire A. Dunlop and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) is the main instrument used by governments and regulators to appraise the likely effects of their policy proposals. This pioneering Handbook provides a comparative and comprehensive account of this tool, situating it in the relevant theoretical traditions and scrutinizing its use across countries, policy sectors and policy instruments. Comprising six parts, university researchers, international consultants and practitioners working in international organizations examine regulatory impact assessment from many perspectives, which include: • research traditions in the social sciences • implementation, regulatory indicators and effects • tools and dimensions such as courts and gender • sectoral case studies including environment, enterprise and international development • international diffusion in the European Union (EU), Americas, Asia and developing countries • appraisal, training and education. With its wealth of detail and lessons to be learned, the Handbook of Regulatory Impact Assessment will undoubtedly be of great value to practitioners and scholars working in governance, political science and socio-legal studies.
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.
