Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Bering Sea Chinook Salmon Bycatch Management
February 05, 2010
This analysis evaluates the potential economic impacts on directly regulated small entities accruing from the proposed action to implement Amendment 91 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
If approved, Amendment 91 would establish a Chinook salmon prohibited species catch limit for each Bering Sea pollock fishing season and sector, which, when reached, would require all directed pollock fishing to stop for that season. This IRFA address the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.