Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review, and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Second Fishing Capacity Reduction Program in the Longline Catcher Processor Subsector of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Non-pollock Groundfish Fishery

Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review, and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Second Fishing Capacity Reduction Program in the Longline Catcher Processor Subsector of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Non-pollock Groundfish Fishery
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Total Pages: 31
Release: 2012
Genre: Longlining (Fisheries)
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"This is an analysis of the environmental, economic, and social effects of a second administration of the fishing capacity reduction program for the longline catcher processor subsector of the non-pollock groundfish fishery occurring in waters of the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands off the State of Alaska. This capacity reduction program will be implemented pursuant to applicable provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(b-e))"--Abstract.

Final Regulatory Impact Review, Final Environmental Assessment, Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Final Regulatory Impact Review, Final Environmental Assessment, Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
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Total Pages: 42
Release: 2012
Genre: Environmental impact analysis
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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.

Final Regulatory Impact Review/final Environmental Assessment/initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Final Regulatory Impact Review/final Environmental Assessment/initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
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Total Pages: 132
Release: 2012
Genre: Environmental impact analysis
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"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.

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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Total Pages: 61
Release: 2013
Genre: Arrowtooth flounder fisheries
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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.

Regulatory Impact Review, Environmental Assessment, Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Proposed Amendment 93 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island Management Area

Regulatory Impact Review, Environmental Assessment, Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Proposed Amendment 93 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island Management Area
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Total Pages: 142
Release: 2011
Genre: Environmental impact analysis
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"Amendment 93 would amend the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Amendment 80 Program to modify the criteria for forming and participating in a harvesting cooperative. This action is necessary to encourage greater participation in harvesting cooperatives, and provide for more precise total allowable catch management. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Fishery Fishery Plan, and other applicable law. The Environmental Assessment did not identify any significant environmental impacts that would result from Amendment 93. 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; 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.

Environmental Assessment/regulatory Impact Review/final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Environmental Assessment/regulatory Impact Review/final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
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Total Pages: 64
Release: 2011
Genre: Environmental impact analysis
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"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.

Final Regulatory Impact Review/Environmental Assessment for Amendment 113 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Final Regulatory Impact Review/Environmental Assessment for Amendment 113 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
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Total Pages: 139
Release: 2016
Genre: Environmental impact analysis
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This Regulatory Impact Review/Environmental Assessment analyzes management measures that would apply to catcher vessels (CVs) targeting Pacific cod in the Bering Sea (BS) and Aleutian Islands (AI). The management measures under consideration would designate a portion of the AI Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) for harvest by vessels that deliver their catch to shoreplants in the AI for processing. The intent of this action is to provide stability to AI harvesters, AI shoreplant operations, and AI fishing communities dependent on AI Pacific cod harvesting and shoreside processing activity.

Final Environmental Assessment, Environmental Assessment/regulatory Impact Review for Proposed Amendment 107 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Final Environmental Assessment, Environmental Assessment/regulatory Impact Review for Proposed Amendment 107 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Author: Steve A. MacLean
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Total Pages: 83
Release: 2014
Genre: Environmental impact analysis
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This document evaluates alternatives to allow vessels with Federal Fisheries Permits (FFPs) to transit walrus protection areas at Round Island and Cape Peirce from April 1 through August 15 while tendering herring or salmon or delivering groundfish to trampers or processors. The purpose of this action is to maintain suitable protection for walruses on Round Island and Cape Peirce, restore access to vessels with FFPs serving as tenders for the northern Bristol Bay herring and salmon fisheries to the routes used by tenders before implementation of GOA FMP Amendment 83, to allow vessels delivering groundfish access to the route north of Round Island, and to reduce the likelihood of disturbance to walrus on Hagemeister Island and Cape Peirce. Alternatives include: 1) no action – vessels with FFPs remain excluded from the walrus protection area, 2) open portion of the Round Island walrus protection area to transit with three options of increasing distance and 3) open portion of the Cape Peirce walrus protection area to transit. Three transit options are considered under Alternative 2: 1) open up to 3 nm from Round Island, 2) open up to 4.5 nm from Round Island, and 3) open up to 6 nm from Round Island. The Council recommended Alternative 2, Option 1 and Alternative 3 as the Preferred Alternative. None of the alternatives analyzed, including the Preferred Alternative, are likely to result in significant impacts to the human environment of northern Bristol Bay, or to result in significant economic impacts to individuals or entities in northern Bristol Bay.