Download or read book Specification of Bigeye Tuna Catch and Allocation Limits for Pelagic Longline Fisheries in U S Pacific Island Territories in 2015 and 2016 Including a Regulatory Impact Review written by Phyllis Ha and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to specify a catch limit of 2,000 metric tons (mt) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each of the pelagic longline fisheries of American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in 2015. Without this catch limit, the U.S. territories would not be subject to a limit because international measures adopted by the Western and Central Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) for bigeye tuna do not apply to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) or to Participating Territories (PT) to the WCPFC. The WCPFC treats each U.S. territory as a PT. NMFS also proposes to authorize each U.S. territory to allocate up to 1,000 mt of its 2,000-mt bigeye tuna limit to a U.S. longline fishing vessel or vessels (holding a valid permit issued under Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 665.801 (50 CFR 665.801)) identified in a valid specified fishing agreement with a U.S. territory. NMFS would attribute the catches of bigeye tuna made by vessels identified in a valid specified fishing agreement to the U.S. territory to which the agreement applies in accordance with the procedures set forth in 50 CFR 665.819. Funds received under a specified fishing agreement are applied toward fisheries development projects identified in a territorial marine conservation plan (MCP). NMFS would monitor catches of bigeye tuna caught by the longline fisheries of each U.S. territory, including catches made by U.S. longline vessels operating under specified fishing agreements. When NMFS projects a territorial catch or allocation limit would be reached, NMFS would, as an accountability measure (AM), prohibit the retention of longline-caught bigeye tuna by vessels in the applicable U.S. territory (if the territorial catch limit is projected to be reached), and/or by vessels operating under the applicable specified fishing agreement (if the allocation limit is projected to be reached). Recognizing that the WCPFC did not adopt big eye tuna limits for PTs or SIDS, the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council recommended the proposed catch and allocation limits and AM in accordance with the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific (Pelagic FEP) and implementing federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819. The proposed 2015 catch and allocation limits and AM are identical to those NMFS specified in 2014 (79 FR 64097, October 28, 2014).
Download or read book Specification of Bigeye Tuna Catch and Allocation Limits for Pelagic Longline Fisheries in U S Pacific Island Territories in 2015 and 2016 Including a Regulatory Impact Review written by Jarad Makaiau and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NMFS prepared this Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Council on Environmental Quality Regulations at 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500-1508, and agency guidance on preparing NEPA documents. The SEA supplements the environmental assessment (EA) that NMFS completed on September 29, 2015, entitled 'EA for Specification of Bigeye Tuna Catch and Allocation Limits for Pelagic Longline Fisheries in U.S. Pacific Island Territories in 2015 and 2016, including a Regulatory Impact Review,' hereinafter, the 2015 EA. Specifically, this SEA describes new information relevant to sea turtles in the action area since September 2015, and provides additional analysis to help NMFS determine whether the Hawaii-deep set longline fishery operating under the proposed action in 2016 would result in significant environmental impacts to the human environment. We incorporate the 2015 EA by reference"--Summary.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to specify a 2018 catch limit of 2,000 metric tons (t) of longline-caught bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) for each of the pelagic longline fisheries of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. NMFS also proposes to authorize each U.S. territory to allocate up to 1,000 t of its 2,000 t bigeye tuna limit to a U.S. longline fishing vessel or vessels holding a valid permit issued under Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 665.801 (50 CFR 665.801) and identified in a valid specified fishing agreement with a territory. NMFS would attribute the catches of bigeye tuna made by vessels identified in a valid specified fishing agreement to the territory to which the agreement applies in accordance with the procedures set forth in 50 CFR 665.819. NMFS applies funds received under a specified fishing agreement toward fisheries development projects identified in a territorial marine conservation plan (MCP). NMFS would monitor catches of bigeye tuna caught by the longline fisheries of each territory, including catches made by longline vessels operating under specified fishing agreements. As an accountability measure (AM), NMFS would prohibit the retention of longline-caught bigeye tuna by vessels in the applicable territory (if NMFS projects the territorial limit will be reached), and/or by vessels operating under the applicable specified fishing agreement (if NMFS projects the allocation limit will be reached). At its 172nd meeting held March 14-16, 2018, in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) recommended that NMFS implement the proposed catch and allocation limits and AM for 2018. The recommended limits are identical to those that NMFS implemented in 2014 (79 FR 64097, October 28, 2014), 2015 (80 FR 61767, October 14, 2015; 80 FR 68778, November 6, 2015), 2016 (81 FR 63145, September 14, 2016), and 2017 (82 FR 47644, October 13, 2017).
Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fisheries of the Pacific Islands written by R. D. Gillett and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Size Frequencies and Growth of Central and Western Pacific Bigeye Tuna written by Edwin S. Iversen and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Environmental Assessment Regulatory Impact Review and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Final Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas and Atlantic Tuna Fisheries Management Measures written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this action, the National Marine Fisheries Service would modify BFT base quotas for all domestic fishing categories, establish BFT quota specifications for the 2011 fishing year, and adjust management measures regarding the Atlantic tuna fisheries (reinstate pelagic longline target catch requirements for retaining BFT in the Northeast Distant Gear Restricted Area; allow the removal of tail lobes from Atlantic tunas; and clarify the transfer-at-sea regulations for Atlantic tunas). This action is necessary to implement recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (lCCAT) pursuant to the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA) and to achieve domestic management objectives under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This action is not expected to significantly alter current fishing practices or bycatch mortality rates, and would 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 Environmental Assessment Regulatory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quota Rule written by Sarah McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 2006, NMFS finalized the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan (2006 Consolidated HMS FMP) and issued implementing regulations, including regulations for the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery, to meet the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). Effective January 2015, NMFS amended the FMP with conservation and management measures, including alterations to the BFT allocation process in the recently published Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP (Amendment 7; 79 FR 71510, December 2, 2014). 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 Act. This action would increase the baseline annual U.S. BFT quota from the 923.7-mt level established via a 2011 quota rule (76 FR 39019, July 5, 2011) to the ICCAT-recommended level of 1,058.79 mt for each of 2015 and 2016. The baseline annual subquotas for the domestic fishing categories would be adjusted consistent with the process established in Amendment 7, and these amounts would be codified. The rule would also clarify regulations regarding the prohibition of transfer-at-sea in the purse seine fishery, but this clarification would have no environmental impacts or other effects, is administrative in nature, and reflects current practice and thus is not analyzed in this document.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment Annual Catch Limit Specifications and Accountability Measures for Pacific Islands Bottomfish Fisheries in 2013 and 2014 Including a Regulatory Impact Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NMFS proposes to specify annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for the multi-species bottomfish stock complexes in American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and for the non-Deep 7 bottomfish stock complex in the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). The ACLs and AMs would be applicable in fishing year 2013, which begins on January 1 and ends on December 31, 2013, which NMFS may re-specify again in fishing year 2014"--Abstract (page 1).
Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment Implementation of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits for Longline Fisheries in 2012 written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In December 2008, the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (hereafter Commission or WCPFC) adopted 'Conservation and Management Measure for Bigeye and Yellowfin Tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean' (CMM 2008-01). CMM 2008-01 set forth specific provisions to reduce fishing mortality on western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) bigeye tuna (Thunnus obsesus) and control fishing mortality on WCPO yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). CMM 2008-01 had the stated objective of reducing, over the period 2009-2011, the fishing mortality rate for bigeye tuna in the WCPO by at least 30% from the annual average during the period 2001-2004 or 2004 and ensuring that there was no increase in fishing mortality for yellowfin tuna beyond the annual average during the period 2001-2004 or 2004. In March 2011, the Commission adopted 'Conservation and Management Measure for Temporary Extension of CMM 2008-01' (CMM 2011-01), which extends the majority of the provisions of CMM 2008-01 until February 28, 2013. The Commission is scheduled to discuss a follow-on measure to CMM 2008-01 at its next regular session in December 2012. In 2009, NMFS prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzed the effects on the human environment that could result from the promulgation of two rules to implement CMM 2008-01. In order to respond to public comments on the 2009 EA, NMFS prepared a Supplemental EA in 2009. NMFS has prepared a Supplemental EA (2012 SEA) to provide information and analyses to take into consideration significant new information and changed circumstances relevant to the proposed action and the assessment of its potential environmental impacts. The 2012 SEA analyzes the effects of an interim final rule that would extend the bigeye tuna catch limits specified in CMM 2011-01 for U.S. longline fisheries for 2012"--cover letter.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment for Annual Catch Limit Specifications and Accountability Measures for Pacific Islands Bottomfish Fisheries in 2012 and 2013 written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NMFS proposes to specify an annual catch limit (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for bottomfish stocks and stock complexes in American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for non-Deep 7 bottomfish stock Hawaii. The ACLs and AMs will be applicable in fishing years 2012 and 2013, which run from January 1 to December 31. The purpose of this action is to comply with provisions of the fishery ecosystem plans (FEP) for American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and Hawaii which require NMFS to specify an ACL for each stock and stock complex in the western Pacific bottomfish fisheries and implement AMs that prevent ACLs from being exceeded, and correct or mitigate overages should they occur. The ACL specifications and AMs were developed by the Council using the best available scientific information and were coordinated with the public. The ACLs and AMs are intended to provide for long-term sustainability of the bottomfish fisheries of the western Pacific. NMFS prepared an environmental assessment (EA) to consider the effects of the proposed specifications on the environment. The ACL specifications are not accompanied by in-season closures, but rather, by AMs that call for a post-season fishery review of the fishery to determine whether an ACL was exceeded, and, if so, additional consideration of whether stocks were adversely affected, and the possibility of adjusting the ACL. Because there is no in-season management measure (such as a fishery closure should an ACL be reached), the manner in which the coral reef fisheries of the region are conducted is not likely to change. Future evaluations of the fishery and ACL adjustments are expected to prevent any of the fish stocks from being subject to overfishing or becoming overfished"--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 Overview of mitigation measures to reduce the incidental catch of vulnerable species in fisheries written by Sacchi, J. and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Potentially harmful contact between fisheries and marine vulnerable species represents a global conservation issue and efforts to mitigate the negative repercussions of these interactions belong in strategies for ensuring the sustainability of fisheries. This literature review offers a survey of mitigation measures and techniques that have been developed and tested around the world, aiming to address both the incidental catch of highly mobile species – specifically, cetaceans, seabirds, sharks and rays, and sea turtles – and depredation caused by dolphins. Based on research detailed in over 300 documents, including peer-reviewed publications, reports from international organizations and papers available on the internet, most of the mitigation techniques illustrated are still under development, with only a few already adopted through legislation. The selected mitigation measures are grouped by main types of fishing gear – gillnets and trammel nets, longlines and lines, trawls, purse seines, traps and pots – and further subdivided according to which of the four main groups of vulnerable species – cetaceans, seabirds, sharks and rays, or sea turtles – they are designed to protect. Preventive and curative approaches covering both technical measures (gear modifications, strategies, as well as acoustic, visual, magnetic and chemosensory deterrents) and management measures are described.
Download or read book Daily Bag Limits Possession Limits and At sea Processing of Pacific Bluefin Tuna in California Recreational Fisheries written by Kit Dahl and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This final rule modifies existing recreational bag and possession limits for Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF) in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off California and establishes at-sea filleting requirements for any tuna species in the U.S. EEZ south of Point Conception, Santa Barbara County. These actions are based on a recommendation of the Pacific Fishery Management Council and are being implemented under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. This rule is intended to conserve PBF, which is overfished and subject to overfishing. The final rule is consistent with Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) Resolution C-14-06, Measures for the Conservation and Management of Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, 2015-2016, and with the IATTC scientific staff's conservation recommendations for reductions in PBF fishing mortality to aid in rebuilding the stock. Impacts to the human environment (e.g., effects of the proposed action alternatives on the natural environment and the socioeconomic environment) were found to be insignificant"--Cover letter summary.
Download or read book Final Regulatory Amendment to Set 2011 2015 Total Allowable Catch and Adjust Bag Limit for Red Grouper written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This regulatory amendment would increase the 2011 TAC from the existing 5.68 million pounds (MP) to 6.68 MP, set TACs through 2015, and increase the red grouper bag limit from two to four fish. A rerun of the stock assessment including new information and lower than projected 2010 landings showed an improved condition of the stock and supported an increase in the 2011 and subsequent TACs. These increases are consistent with the goals and objectives of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council 's FMP for the management of this species. Resultant rulemaking would increase the 2011-2015 commercial quotas, and because red grouper are a part of the shallow-water grouper (SWG) quota, also set the 20 11-2015 SWG quotas. The amendment and subsequent rulemaking would also increase the red grouper bag limit from two to four fish to allow the recreational sector to harvest their allocation of the TAC. The environmental assessment (EA) provides a review of the National Environmental Policy Act (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 Guide to California s Marine Life Management Act written by Michael L. Weber and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Assessment Specification of Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures for Main Hawaiian Islands Non deep 7 Bottomfish Fisheries in Fishing Years 2015 Through 2018 written by Nikhil Mehta and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) recommended that NMFS specify multi-year annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) effective in fishing years 2015-2018, the environmental effects of which are analyzed in this document. NMFS proposes to implement the specifications for fishing year 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 separately prior to each fishing year. The specifications pertain to ACLs for non-Deep 7 bottomfish fisheries in federal waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ; generally 3-200 nautical miles or nm) around the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI), and a post-season accountability measure (AM) to correct the overage of the ACL if it occurs. For the purpose of ACLs, MHI non-Deep 7 bottomfish include uku (Aprion virescens), white ulua (Caranx ignoblis), black ulua (Caranx lugubris), yellowtail kalekale (Pristipomoides auricilla), and butaguchi (Pseudocaranx dentex). The proposed ACL is associated with a less than a 30 percent probability of overfishing. 2 The fishing year for MHI non-Deep 7 bottomfish begins January 1 and ends December 31 annually. Unless modified by NMFS, the ACL and AM would be applicable in fishing years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Each fishing year, non-Deep 7 bottomfish catches from both local state/territorial waters (generally from the shoreline to three miles offshore), and federal waters of the EEZ around the MHI would be counted towards the specified ACL.
