Publications

This Environmental Assessment analyzes alternatives on issuance of an exempted fishing permit for continued testing of a salmon excluder device in the Bering Sea pollock trawl fishery.

Biological opinion on the effects of issuing exempted fishing permits to test salmon excluder devices in the Bering Strait/Aleutian Islands pelagic trawl fisheries.

The proposed action is  limited to the use of pelagic trawl gear by up to two vessels, harvesting a relatively small amount of fish over several seasons in the Central GOA.

Environmental Assessment analyzes alternatives to issue an exempted fishing permit for testing of a salmon excluder device in the Central Gulf of Alaska Pollock trawl fishery. The experiment would be conducted during the Spring and Fall of 2013 and 2014.

Environmental Assessment analyzes alternatives to issue an exempted fishing permit for testing of a salmon excluder device in the Central Gulf of Alaska pollock trawl fishery.

This Environmental Assessment analyzes alternatives on issuance of an exempted fishing permit for continued testing of a salmon excluder device in the Bering Sea pollock trawl fishery. The experiment would be conducted from Fall 2011 through Fall 2012.

Exempted fishing permit application from the Best Use Cooperative.

NOAA Fisheries has received an application for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from the Best Use Cooperative (BUC). The EFP would allow three vessels in the BUC to sort halibut removed from a codend on the deck of the vessel, and release those fish back to the water after accounting for the halibut condition using standard International Pacific Halibut Commission viability methods for predicting mortality of individual fish. The EFP will allow these vessels to alter the amount of time that halibut are in a codend, on deck and the amount of handling they receive prior to release.

NMFS  has received an application for an exempted fishing permit  (EFP) from the  Best Use Cooperative  (BUC).  The EFP would allow three vessels in the  BUC to sort halibut removed from a codend on the deck of the vessel,  and release those fish back to the water after accounting for the halibut condition using standard International  Pacific  Halibut Commission viability methods for predicting mortality of individual fish.  The EFP will allow these vessels to alter the amount of time that halibut are in a codend,  on deck and the amount of handling they receive prior to release.

Application for an exempted fishing permit from North Pacific Fisheries Foundation