DRAFT Fishery Management Plan for Fish Resources

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi; Red king crab; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.160.9170; http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/Arctic/ArcticFMP1208.pdf

NOTE: This is an interim draft of what the Arctic FMP will look like, and is intended for SSC review in December 2008 only. It is written assuming the Council chose Alternative 3 and exempted a small red king crab fishery in the eastern Chukchi Sea from this FMP, and chose option 3 in the EA for setting fishery harvest levels for sustainable fisheries management. The Council has NOT chosen its preferred alternative, so this is merely an example of the FMP at this time. The Council also has not chosen its preferred option for specifying conservation and management measures. This draft may not fully respond to comments from the Council's SSC, particularly regarding Options 1 and 2; SSC comments on an earlier draft FMP are listed in the accompanying EA/RIR/IRFA. Please refer to this document for detailed analyses of the alternatives and options and for additional background information. NOTE: This document has not been cleared by NOAA General Counsel, Alaska Region. [this page intentionally left blank] Executive Summary This Fishery Management Plan (FMP) governs all commercial harvests of fish in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. 1 The FMP management area, the Arctic Management Area, is all marine waters in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas from 3 nautical miles offshore the coast of