DRAFT CASE STUDY FOR BERING SEA ROCKFISHES

Introduction This draft document has been prepared at the request of the Non-Target Species Committee to determine whether applying a proposed alternative for revising management of target and non-target groundfish to all managed North Pacific rockfish species provides sufficient information to iden...

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Main Authors: From Npfmc, Noaa Fisheries Service Sources
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.160.1573
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/non_target/RockfishStudy505.pdf
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Summary:Introduction This draft document has been prepared at the request of the Non-Target Species Committee to determine whether applying a proposed alternative for revising management of target and non-target groundfish to all managed North Pacific rockfish species provides sufficient information to identify potential management measures to enhance their protection. The committee recommended that staff apply the proposed alternative to Bering Sea rockfishes as a case study; however staff constraints limited the case study to only