Final Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Northeast Skate Complex and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis
Title | Final Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Northeast Skate Complex and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis PDF eBook |
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Pages | 459 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Endangered species |
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"This document serves as Final Amendment 3 to the Skate FMP, the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) which updates and supplements the original EIS for the skate fishery (available at http://www.nefmc.org/skates/fmp/fmp.htm), and a Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report (Section 7.0 of this document). The purpose of the amendment is to propose and consider modifications of existing management measures or new skate fishery management measures to address the following issues: Overfished status of thorny skates; Overfishing of thorny skate; Implementation of annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs), a new mandate of the reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act; and A baseline review process that has become obsolete and less meaningful. The amendment also includes a new discussion and quantification of maximum sustainable yield (MSY; Section 4.1.2) and optimum yield (OY; Section 4.3). Quantification of these variables was not previously possible in the Skate FMP, due to problems with catch data and missing life history information about skates. Some of these issues have been resolved, but others have not. However the analysis of rebuilding potential in Section 8.3.1.1 has implications for sustainable catches. The estimated values at the biomass targets can serve as interim estimates or proxy values for MSY and OY, at least until better information comes forth about the population dynamics of skate species and catch reporting improves"--Executive summary (p. 3).
Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Northeast Skate Complex, with an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis
Title | Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Northeast Skate Complex, with an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis PDF eBook |
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Pages | 470 |
Release | 2009 |
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Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
Title | Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan (FMP) PDF eBook |
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Pages | 430 |
Release | 2003 |
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Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan, Including a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Title | Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan, Including a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis PDF eBook |
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Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan Amendment 23
Title | Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan Amendment 23 PDF eBook |
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Release | 2021 |
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Northeast Multispecies Fishery, Fisheries Management Plan (FMP)
Title | Northeast Multispecies Fishery, Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) PDF eBook |
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Pages | 186 |
Release | 1986 |
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Final Amendment 3 to the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan, Including a Final Environmental Impact Statement, a Final Regulatory Impact Review, a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, a Final Social Impact Analysis
Title | Final Amendment 3 to the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan, Including a Final Environmental Impact Statement, a Final Regulatory Impact Review, a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, a Final Social Impact Analysis PDF eBook |
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Release | 2010 |
Genre | Dogfish fisheries |
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"The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is amending the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan (FMP) based on several stock assessments that were completed in 2007 and 2008. After considering comments received during scoping and on a Predraft document, NMFS released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and proposed rule on July 24, 2009 (74 FR 36706 and 74 FR 36892). The DEIS and proposed rule considered measures to reduce fishing mortality and effort in order to rebuild overfished Atlantic shark species while ensuring that a limited shark fishery could be maintained. Additionally, NMFS proposed adding smooth dogfish under NMFS management due to growing concerns regarding the status of this unmanaged species. The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) describes a range of alternatives that could impact shark fishermen and dealers including modifying commercial quotas, modifying commercial gear restrictions, establishing a rebuilding plan for overfished stocks, establishing measures to prevent overfishing, modifying recreational measures, and establishing management measures for smooth dogfish"--Abstract.