Bycatch
Reduction
Salmon Bycatch
Environmental Impact
Statement on Salmon Bycatch Reduction Measures in the BSAI
NOAA Fisheries, in consultation with the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council, announces its intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on salmon bycatch reduction
measures in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area
(BSAI), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969. The proposed action would replace the current Chinook
and Chum Salmon Savings Areas in the BSAI with new regulatory
closures, salmon bycatch limits, or a combination of both. These
management measures could incorporate current or new bycatch
reduction methods. The scope of the EIS will be to determine the
impacts to the human environment resulting from these salmon
bycatch reduction measures. NMFS will accept written comments
from the public to determine the issues of concern and the
appropriate range of management alternatives for analysis in the
EIS.
More info.
GOA salmon/crab bycatch
discussion
paper 6/08
BSAI Salmon bycatch
motion 6/08;
BSAI Salmon bycatch
EIS,
RIR,
IRFA, Appendix C 6/08
BSAI Salmon bycatch
motion 4/08 (revised)
BSAI Salmon Bycatch
Description of Alternatives
4/08
BSAI Salmon Bycatch
Motion 2/08
Salmon
Bycatch Management and Monitoring in the Bering Sea Pollock
Fisheries 2/08
BSAI Salmon Bycatch discussion
paper 1/08;
BSAI AM 84: Modifying existing Chum and Chinook Salmon
Savings Areas (final rule,
10/07)
Salmon Bycatch
Motion 12/07
Salmon Bycatch
Motion 10/07
NPFMC Salmon Bycatch Workgroup
meeting: November 2, 2007 Ballroom B, Hawthorne Suites,
1110 West 8th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 9:00-2:00
AGENDA
workgroup report
Salmon bycatch
discussion paper 10/07
BSAI
Salmon
bycatch motion 6/07, Salmon bycatch workgroup
report August 2007
Salmon bycatch workshop, March 2007
AGENDA
Agenda;
abstracts, amendment 84B
alternatives,
presentations:
Gruver,
Ianelli,
Haflinger,
Sandone
February 2007: Salmon
bycatch discussion
paper
SSC Salmon bycatch workshop 4/06:
Workshop Agenda,
Abstracts,
SSC report
PowerPoints:
BSAI Salmon;
Overview;
Gene;
Haynie,
Ianelli,
Murphy,
Seebs,
Wilmont
Salmon bycatch
motion 10/05
BSAI Salmon bycatch
motion 6/05
BSAI Salmon
Bycatch EA/RIR,
maps
6/05
BSAI Salmon Bycatch
Motion 2/05
Improved Retention/Improved
Utilization
IRIU AM80,
appendices
Errata 5/25/06, Motion
motion
6/06
IRIU Amendment 80
Motion, February 2006
BSAI
Amendment 80,
IRIU
large file (5MB) 10/05
BSAI Amendment 80
Council
motion, elements and options 6/05
BSAI Amendment 79,
IRIU Trailing Amendment C: Minimum Groundfish Retention
Standard 5/05 1.14MB
IRIU
Amendment 80 motion February 2005
IRIU Motion
from the December 2004 Council meeting
Amendment 80
Components and Options June 2004
IRIU Discussion Paper
May 2004
IRIU
Motion from the April 2004 Council Meeting
IRIU Motion from the February 2004
Council Meeting
IRIU
Motion from the December 2003 Council meeting
IRIU Motion
from the October 2003 Council meeting
IRIU
Committee Membership
Committee Minutes
May 2004
November 2003
August 2003
Assessment
of changes in IRIU flatfish requirements
5/02
When the Council
approved full retention requirements for pollock and cod in 1996,
that action included a delayed implementation of similar
requirements for specified flatfish species, which can have a high
discard rate in the North Pacific fisheries. Full retention
requirements for flatfish were scheduled for implementation in
January 2003. In 2002 the Council approved a further delay of
these requirements until June 2004, to provide an opportunity to
develop alternative requirements which would allow the affected
sectors to remain economically viable, and still reduce discards.
An overall minimum groundfish retention standard was approved by
the Council in June 2003, with increasing retention standards
being phased in starting in 2005. Concurrently, the Council is
developing a fishery cooperative for the sectors targeting
flatfish species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, a program
designed to provide this sector with the operational tools to
adhere to the increased retention standards. These measures are
expected to further reduce the overall discards of groundfish in
the North Pacific fisheries.
Improved Retention/Improved
Utilization - In 1998, Groundfish FMP
Amendments 49/49 were implemented, requiring 100% retention of all
pollock and Pacific cod in all fisheries, regardless of gear type.
This provided incentive for fishermen to avoid catching these
species if they were not targeted, and also required that they be
retained for processing if they were caught. Alternative retention
measures for other Bering Sea groundfish have recently been
adopted by the Council for implementation in 2005, pending NOAA
Fisheries approval.
