Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Environmental Impact Statement

Draft Environmental Impact Statement with Respect to Essential Fish Habitat: Evaluation of Fishing Activities that May Adversely Affect Essential Fish Habitat

Appendix L Responses to Public Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Essential Fish Habitat Identification and Conservation in Alaska

RECORD OF DECISION FINAL ALASKA GROUNDFISH FISHERIES PROGRAMMATIC SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region

This Record of Decision (ROD) documents the decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service (hereinafter referred to as NOAA Fisheries) to select the Preferred Alternative set forth in the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries Final Programmatic Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (PSEIS) as its policy choice for the management of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (G...

Using Expert Knowledge to Identify Possible Groundfish ‘essential Fish Habitats’

ABSTRACT Despite over a century of exploitation of fish in European waters, scientists know surprisingly little about the precise distribution of the major commercially exploited fish species, and their habitat requirements. This is the first European study that aims to identify essential fish habitats of commercially important fish species (cod, haddock, whiting, plaice, sole, plaice, lemon so...

Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

The Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries have been managed under fishery management plans since 1978 and 1981, respectively. The range of the Steller sea lion overlaps the waters where the fisheries are conducted. Under the Endangered Species Act, Steller sea lion west of Cape Suckling, Alaska, are listed as endangered; east of Cape Suckling they are listed as thr...