Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Herring, Including the Environmental Assessment (EA), Regulatory Impact Review (RIR), and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA)
Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Herring, Including the Environmental Assessment (EA), Regulatory Impact Review (RIR), and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA)

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Published: 2010

Total Pages: 222

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"This amendment is needed to bring the Herring FMP into compliance with Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act requirements by: Revising definitions and the specifications-setting process, consistent with annual catch limit requirements; and establishing fishery closure thresholds, a haddock incidental catch cap, and overage paybacks as accountability measures. In addition, measures in Amendment 4 will: Designate herring as a 'stock in the fishery;' establish an interim acceptable biological catch control rule; eliminate total foreign processing, including joint venture processing and internal waters processing, and reserve from the specifications process; and eliminate the New England Fishery Management Council's consideration of total allowable level of foreign fishing"--Cover letter.

Final Amendment 20B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region
Final Amendment 20B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region

Author: Ryan Rindone

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Published: 2015

Total Pages: 255

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"The EA analyzed the effects of a range of alternatives identified in Amendment 20B to the FMP. These actions (1) adjust king mackerel trip limits and fishing seasons in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (Gulf), (2) allow transit of king mackerel through closed areas, (3) create regional quotas for Atlantic migratory group king and Spanish mackerel, (4) make administrative changes to the FMP, and (5) create new management areas and catch limits for Gulf cobia. None of these actions are expected to alter the manner in which the fishery is prosecuted; therefore the effects of the actions are not expected to be significant"--Cover letter summary.

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
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

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Published: 2013

Total Pages: 61

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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.

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
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

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Published: 2011

Total Pages: 373

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"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.

Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review, and Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis to Repeal the Fishery Management Plan for the Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico
Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review, and Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis to Repeal the Fishery Management Plan for the Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico

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Published: 2011

Total Pages: 33

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"This EA is prepared pursuant to NEPA to assess the environmental impacts associated with NOAA Fisheries Service proceeding with management measures to repeal the subject FMP. These actions are purely administrative and procedural and would not change how the fishery is prosecuted because current federal regulations are identical to state regulations"--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.