Analysis of the costs and benefits of allowing processors receiving fish for the Prohibited Species Donation Program to convert processing byproducts (e.g., inedible heads and guts from salmon and Pacific halibut) into fish meal, oil, or bone meal.
British Petroleum Exploration, Alaska, proposes to develop and produce oil and gas from the Liberty oil field and has applied to the Minerals Management Service for approval of the Liberty Development and Production Plan.
Biological opinion to determine whether the BSAI or GOA groundfish fisheries jeopardize the continued existence of listed species in the areas affected by the fisheries (i.e., the action areas) or adversely modify critical habitat of such species.
Amendment 58 will reduce the annual trawl bycatch limits for Chinook salmon and will revise the Chinook Salmon Savings Area in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.
Authorization of: BSAI groundfish fisheries based on total allowable catch for 2000; GOA groundfish fisheries based on TAC specifications for 2000; both BSAI and GOA groundfish fisheries to implement the American Fisheries Act of 1998.
This opinion analyzes the effects of the proposed Atka mackerel and walleye pollock fisheries on the endangered western population of Steller sea lions and their critical habitat. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-1998-1409.