Omnibus Amendments

• Main Authors: National Marine, Fisheries Service
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Pacific; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.485.9030; http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/analyses/amds_98_90_40_15_1/FinalEFHOmniEA10012.pdf

Abstract: A review of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) components in the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council’s) fishery management plans (FMPs) should be completed every 5 years, and the EFH provisions should be revised or amended, as warranted, based on the best available information. The 5-year review that concluded in April 2010 evaluated new information on EFH, assessed information gaps and research needs, and identified whether any revisions to EFH are needed or suggested. Based on the 5-year review, the Council determined that new habitat and life history information is available to revise many of the EFH descriptions and recommendations in the FMPs. Amendment 98 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, Amendment 90 to the