Analysis of the economic, socioeconomic, and other costs and benefits associated with designating critical habitat for the Beringia DPS of the bearded seal in waters of the northern Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea.
This action would make minor changes to recordkeeping and reporting requirements and remove requirements to for vessel operators using longline pot gear in the GOA sablefish IFQ fishery to mark each pot with a pot gear tag.
Analysis of changes to regulations to remove recordkeeping and reporting requirements for a notary certification as well as the requirement for IFQ fishermen using longline pot gear in the GOA to obtain and mark their gear with pot tags.
Analysis of the economic, socioeconomic, and other costs and benefits associated with designating critical habitat for the Beringia DPS of the bearded seal in waters of the northern Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea.
Draft analysis on linking the Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limit for the Amendment 80 commercial groundfish trawl fleet in the BSAI to halibut abundance.
Analysis of Amendment 14 that would manage the Cook Inlet EEZ Subarea by applying the prohibition on commercial salmon fishing that is currently established in the West Area to the newly added Cook Inlet EEZ Subarea.
Analysis of a regulatory action to modify the halibut Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program to remove vessel cap limitations for IFQ halibut harvested in International Pacific Halibut Commission regulatory Areas 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D.
The National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program has prepared a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. The appendices provide supplemental information to the draft document.