FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Environmental Assessment / Regulatory Impact Review for Proposed Amendment 107 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area Establishing Transit Areas through Walrus Pr

• Main Authors: Peirce Northern Bristol Bay, Anne Marie Eich, National Marine, Fisheries Service
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Round Island; Aleutian Islands; walrus*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.699.991; http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/analyses/amd107/bsai107finalearir.pdf

Abstract: This document evaluates alternatives to allow vessels with Federal Fisheries Permits (FFPs) to transit walrus protection areas at Round Island and Cape Peirce from April 1 through August 15 while tendering herring or salmon or delivering groundfish to trampers or processors. The purpose of...