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Description:
Title:
Magnuson-Stevens Act Definitions and Required Provisions
Alternate Title:
Amendment 6 to the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries Management Plan
Amendment 8 to the Pelagic Fisheries Management Plan
Amendment 10 to the Crustaceans Fisheries Management Plan
Amendment 4 to the Precious Corals Fisheries Management Plan
Author(s):
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (U.S.).
Corporate Name:
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (U.S.).
Dates of Publication:
1998
Abstract:
This amendment adds new Magnuson-Stevens Act definitions to the fishery management plans (FMPs) of the western Pacific region and addresses the requirement of the Act that any FMP contain provisions regarding bycatch, fishing sectors, essential fish habitat (EFH), fishing communities and overfishing. The amendment compiles the best available scientific information pertaining to each of these new provisions and incorporates it directly or by reference into the Western Pacific Council's FMPs for bottomfish and seamount groundfish, pelagics, crustaceans and precious corals fisheries. In addition, the amendment identifies other scientific data that are needed to more effectively address the new provisions. A summary of the Council's response to each provision follows
Keywords:
Fisheries
Fishery management
Law and legislation
Planning
Place Keywords:
Pacific Ocean
United States
Local Corporate Name:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
PIR (Pacific Island Region)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Format:
PDF
Type of Resource:
Program & Policy Document
Note:
This amendment adds new Magnuson-Stevens Act definitions to the fishery management plans (FMPs) of the western Pacific region and addresses the requirement of the Act that any FMP contain provisions regarding bycatch, fishing sectors, essential fish habitat (EFH), fishing communities and overfishing. The amendment compiles the best available scientific information pertaining to each of these new provisions and incorporates it directly or by reference into the Western Pacific Council's FMPs for bottomfish and seamount groundfish, pelagics, crustaceans and precious corals fisheries. In addition, the amendment identifies other scientific data that are needed to more effectively address the new provisions. A summary of the Council's response to each provision follows
Grant no. NA87FC0006
Grant no. NA87FC0014
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