Fishery Management Plan and Amendments: FMP: Amendment 16-3
Rebuilding Plans for Bocaccio, Cowcod, Widow Rockfish, and Yelloweye Rockfish
final Environmental Impact Statement Including Regulatory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
September 2004
Amendment 16-3 was approved by NMFS on September 13, 2004. The final rule for this action was published on September 28, 2004 (69 FR 57874). This amendment implements legally-compliant rebuilding plans, consistent with the framework established in Amendment 16-1, setting strategic rebuilding parameters to guide stock rebuilding for bocaccio, cowcod, rockfish, and yelloweye rockfish. You may request a hard copy or a CD-ROM version of this document by contacting Dr. Kit Dahl, Pacific Fishery Management Council, (503) 820-2280 or toll free 1-866-806-7204.
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- Dear Reviewer Letter
- Document Title Page and Cover Sheet
- Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures
- Executive Summary
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Rebuilding Plan Alternatives
- 3.0 West Coast Marine Ecosystems and Essential Fish Habitat
- 4.0 Protected Species
- 5.0 Overfished Species Subject to Rebuilding Plans Evaluated in This EIS
- 6.0 Species Co-Occurring With the Overfished Species Subject to This EIS
- 7.0 The Public Sector and Fisheries Management Regime
- 8.0 Socioeconomic Environment
- 9.0 Summary of Other Environmental Management Issues
- 10.0 Consistency with the Groundfish FMP and Magnuson-Stevens Act National Standards
- 11.0 Cross-Cutting Mandates
- 12.0 Response to Comments
- 13.0 List of Preparers
- 14.0 Agencies, Organizations, and Persons to Whom Copies of This Statement Were Sent
- 15.0 Acronyms and Glossary
- 16.0 Literature Cited
- Appendix A: Affected Environment
- Appendix B: Additional Tables
- Appendix C: Council Fisheries Income Impact Modeling
- Appendix D: Proposed Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 16-3 Language
- Appendix E: Bocaccio Draft Rebuilding Plan
- Appendix F: Cowcod Draft Rebuilding Plan
- Appendix G: Widow Rockfish Draft Rebuilding Plan
- Appendix H: Yelloweye Rockfish Draft Rebuilding Plan
- Index
