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National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office

Sustainable Fisheries Division - Crab Fisheries EIS

NMFS and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, for the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) King and Tanner Crabs. The proposed action is to rationalize the BSAI crab fisheries by allocating harvesting and processing privileges to participants. The EIS examines the effects of the proposed action, and alternatives to the proposed action, on the human environment.


EIS for BSAI Crab Fisheries


Crab Rationalization



Scoping Reports


Federal Register Notices



FINAL EIS for BSAI CRAB PDF FILE SIZE
Dear Reviewer Letter View PDF 115 KB
Abstract View PDF 85 KB
Executive Summary View PDF
 222 KB
Table of Contents View PDF 175 KB
Chapter 1: Purpose and need

 View PDF 596 KB
Chapter 2: Alternatives View PDF 555 KB
Chapter 3: Affected environment View PDF 9 MB
Chapter 4: Environmental and economic consequences of the alternatives View PDF 4 MB
Chapter 5: List of preparers View PDF 112 KB
Chapter 6: List of agencies, organizations, and persons to whom copies of the final statement were sent View PDF 87 KB
Chapter 7: Literature cited View PDF 274 KB
Chapter 8: Comment Analysis Report View PDF 1.3 MB

APPENDICES
Appendix 1: RIR/IRFA for BSAI Crab Fisheries View PDF 4 MB
      - Appendices to Appendix 1 View PDF 11 MB
Appendix 2: Congressional Documents View PDF 2 MB
Appendix 3: Social Impact Assessment View PDF 8 MB

For further information, please contact Gretchen Harrington, (907) 586-7228 or email gretchen.harrington@noaa.gov.


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