Regulatory amendment to the fishery management plan for the reef fish fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands modifying the Bajo de Sico seasonal closure including a regulatory impact review and an environmental assessment
This amendment includes two management actions. Preferred Alternative 2 for Action 1 proposes to modify the seasonal closure of Bajo de Sico to a 6 month closure from October 1 through March 31 each year to provide better protection for red hind spawning ...
Targeted supplemental environmental assessment (TSEA) for the Threatened Coral Recovery Project
Location: Florida and the US Virgin Islands. Summary: The purpose of this project is to enhance the population recovery of federally threatened coral species in Florida and the US Virgin Islands. This proposed project will be funded through the American R...
Final programmatic environmental impact statement for coral restoration in the Florida Keys and Flower Garden Banks national marine sanctuaries
This Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (FPEIS) addresses restoration techniques for anthropogenic physical injury to coral reef resources within Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean waters of the National Marine Sanctuary System (NMSS). There is a...
Final damage assessment and restoration plan and environmental assessment for the July 2, 2005, M/V Casitas grounding at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) the Natural Resource Trustee Agencies (Trustees), including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USF...
Environmental assessment for annual catch limit specifications and accountability measures for Pacific Islands coral reef ecosystem fisheries in 2012 and 2013 : including a regulatory impact review
NMFS proposes to specify an annual catch limit (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for each coral reef ecosystem stock and stock complex in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Hawaii. The ACLs and AMs will be app...
Environmental assessment for annual catch limit specifications and accountability measures for Pacific Islands crustacean and precious coral fisheries in 2012 and 2013 : including a regulatory impact review
NMFS proposes to specify an annual catch limit (ACL) and accountability measures (AM) for crustacean and precious coral stocks and stock complexes in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Hawaii. The ACLs and AMs will...
Comprehensive ecosystem-based amendment 2 for the South Atlantic region : amendment 7 to the fishery management plan for coral, coral reefs, and live/hardbottom habitats of the South Atlantic region; amendment 23 to the fishery management plan for the snapper grouper fishery of the South Atlantic region; amendment 21 to the fishery management plan for the coastal migratory pelagic resources in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico; amendment 1 to the fishery management plan for the pelagic Sargassum habitat of the South Atlantic Region
This Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 2 (CE-BA 2) consists of actions related to management of the octocoral fishery, modification of management of Special Management Zones (SMZs) off South Carolina, modification of sea turtle and smalltooth sawfis...
Targeted supplemental environmental assessment (TSEA) for the Threatened Coral Recovery Project
This environmental assessment (EA) evaluates the impacts of allowing Ms. Caitlin Lustic of The Nature Conservancy to conduct coral restoration and monitoring activities in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. A general permit will be issued by NOAA's O...
Final generic annual catch limits/accountability measures amendment for the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's red drum, reef fish, shrimp, coral and coral reefs, fishery management plans
The purpose of the Generic Annual Catch Limits/Accountability Measures Amendment for the Gulf of Mexico is to implement measures expected to prevent overfishing and achieve optimum yield (OY) while minimizing to the extent practicable adverse social and e...
Coral amendment 8 to the fishery management plan for coral, coral reefs, and live/hardbottom habitats of the South Atlantic region : modifications to habitat areas of particular concern and transit provisions : environmental assessment, regulatory impact review, fishery impact statement
Actions in Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/Hard bottom Habitats of the South Atlantic Region (Coral Amendment 8) address modifications to Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) in the South Atlantic, and tra...
Regulatory amendment to the fishery management plan for the reef fish fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands modifying the Bajo de Sico seasonal closure including a regulatory impact review and an environmental assessment