Pacific Pelagic Fishery Ecosystem Plan Brochure

Author : Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council
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Download or read book Pacific Pelagic Fishery Ecosystem Plan Brochure written by Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and published by . This book was released on 2017-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Hawai'i Archipelago Fishery Ecosystem Plan Brochure written by Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and published by . This book was released on 2017-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 215 pages
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Download or read book Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Pacific Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Pacific Remote Island Areas Fishery Ecosystem Plan Brochure written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 158 pages
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Download or read book Essential Fish Habitat Descriptions for Pacific Pelagic Fishery Ecosystem Plan Management Unit Species written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Dalzell
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Total Pages : 279 pages
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Download or read book Amendment 7 Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region Regarding the Use and Assignment of Catch and Effort Limits of Pelagic Management Unit Species by the U.S. Pacific Island Territories and Specification of Annual Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits for the U.S. Pacific Island Territories written by Paul Dalzell and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), of which the United States is a member, develops and agrees on management measures for highly migratory species caught by WCPFC members and Participating Territories in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Participating Territories include American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The WCPFC may agree on conservation and management measures, such as catch and effort limits, that are applicable to U.S. pelagic fisheries operating in the western and central Pacific Ocean. This amendment to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pacific Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Pelagics FEP) establishes: 1) A management framework to establish catch or effort limits applicable to the U.S. Participating Territories that includes the authorization for the U.S. Participating Territories to use, assign, allocate, and manage the pelagic management species catch and effort limits agreed to by the WCPFC through agreements with U.S. vessels permitted under the Pelagics FEP for the purposes of responsible fisheries development. The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) could also recommend and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) could specify catch or effort limits in the absence of such limits or additional or more restrictive limits than the WCPFC for conservation and management purposes. The framework also provides for consistency review of Territory agreements with the Pelagics FEP and other applicable laws by the Council and NMFS, as well as annual review and specification recommendations by the Council. 2) This action also includes the specification of catch limits for bigeye tuna caught by longline of 2,000 metric tons (mt) per year for each of the U.S. Participating Territories, of which 1,000 mt may be transferred annually under agreements consistent with the Pelagics FEP and other applicable laws to eligible U.S. vessels permitted under the Pelagics FEP. The Council and NMFS prepared this FEP amendment, which includes an environmental assessment (EA) and Regulatory Impact Review. This document serves as the basis for NMFS to determine whether to prepare an environmental impact statement. If approved by the Secretary of Commerce, the document also informs NMFS in its development of regulations that implement the selected action. NMFS solicited public comments on the draft FEP amendment and EA, and proposed rule. See sections 1.2 and 1.3 for how NMFS solicited comments, the public review process, and a document overview.

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Total Pages : 1040 pages
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Download or read book Fishery Management Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Toward an Ecosystem Approach for the Western Pacific Region: from Species-based Fishery Management Plans to Place-based Fishery Ecosystem Plans written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Melanie Brown
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Download or read book Amendment 7 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (RIN 0648-BD46) written by Melanie Brown and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 30 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 NOAA Administrative Order 216-6. This SEA supplements the environmental assessment (EA) prepared for the proposed action described in Amendment 7 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Pelagic FEP). The proposed action described in Amendment 7 establishes a management framework and process for specifying catch and effort limits for highly migratory fish stocks for U.S. Pacific territories, which are American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The framework also authorizes the government of each territory to allocate a portion of its catch or fishing effort limit to a U.S. fishing vessel or vessels through a specified fishing agreement, and would establish the criteria that an agreement would need to satisfy. For 2014 only, the proposed action specifies a limit of 2,000 metric tons (mt) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for pelagic fisheries in the U.S. Pacific territories, and authorizes each territory to allocate and transfer up to 1,000 mt of its 2,000-mt bigeye tuna limit to a U.S. longline fishing vessel or vessels based in a U.S. participating territory or Hawaii, and identified in a specified fishing agreement. Additionally, when NMFS projects a territorial catch or allocated limit will be reached, NMFS would, through accountability measures, restrict catches of longline-caught bigeye tuna by vessels in the U.S. territories, or by vessels operating under a specified fishing agreement, depending on which limit is being approached. Accountability measures may include, but are not limited to, a prohibition on retention, closure of a fishery, closure of specific areas, or other catch or fishing effort restrictions. On December 30, 2013, NMFS published in the Federal Register a notice of availability for a draft of Amendment 7 and the EA (78 FR 79388) and provided 60 days for public review and comment on the documents. On January 8, 2014, NMFS published in the Federal Register a proposed rule to implement the management framework described in Amendment 7, as well as the proposed 2014 territorial big eye tuna catch and allocation limit specifications, and provided 45 days for public review and comment. After considering public comments received on the draft Amendment 7, the EA, the proposed rule, and the proposed specifications, NMFS finalized the EA and issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) determination on March 27, 2014, and approved Amendment 7 on March 28, 2014. Before publishing the final rule to implement Amendment 7, and the final 2014 territorial bigeye tuna catch and allocation limit specifications, NMFS received new information that could affect the environmental analysis contained in the original EA upon which NMFS’ approval was based. Specifically, this new information includes the increased rate of leatherback sea turtle interactions in the Hawaii-deep set longline fishery that resulted in the fishery exceeding the level of anticipated interactions with leatherback sea turtles authorized in a 2005 Biological Opinion for the fishery. In addition, following issuance of the FONSI, NMFS separately published a final rule listing two species of sharks and 20 species of reef-building coral under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and produced new analysis of the potential impacts of the Hawaii deep-set longline fishery on ESA-listed cetaceans, including humpback whales, sperm whales and main Hawaiian Islands insular false killer whales. This SEA supplements the EA for Amendment 7 that was completed on March 27, 2014, by describing this new information and providing additional analysis to help NMFS determine whether or not the proposed action would result in significant environmental impacts to the human environment. The March 2014 EA is incorporated by reference in its entirety.

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Total Pages : 143 pages
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Download or read book Amendment 5 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) prepared Amendment 5 to establish measures to reduce interactions between longline fishing and Pacific green sea turtles. The Council considered a range of alternatives, and recommended that NMFS require a specific fishing gear configuration. NMFS is proposing to approve Amendment 5 and the Council's preferred alternative (Alternative 5). The environmental review was conducted with public input. The environmental assessment found that all of the alternatives would reduce interactions with sea turtles. The proposed action would not result in a substantial change to the fishery. No significant changes are expected in the number of vessels, intensity of fishing, or areas where vessels fish"--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.