Fishery Management Plan and Amendments: FMP: Amendment 21
Allocation of Harvest Opportunity Between Sectors of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Amendment 21 concerns formal, long term allocations of a select subset of federally-managed west coast groundfish species to the limited entry trawl sectors. The long term allocations of Amendment 21 will reduce the need for allocation action in each biennial specifications process. Sector allocations are needed to support the Amendment 20 trawl rationalization program and establish the sector responsibility for bycatch that was called for under Amendment 18. Amendment 20 would rationalize the west coast groundfish trawl fishery by managing the shoreside sectors (i.e., sectors of the limited entry trawl fleet that deliver groundfish to shoreside processing plants) under a system of individual fishing quotas (IFQs) and the at-sea whiting sectors under a system of closed harvesting cooperatives.
Amendment 21 Final EIS Released: June 2010; 30-Day Cooling Off Period Ended July 26, 2010
On June 25, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency published a Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Allocation of Harvest Opportunity between Sectors of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery. Hard copies of the FEIS may be obtained from the Responsible Program Official Official identified below. You may also download an electronic copy below.
Comments submitted had to be received by the agency’s 30-day public comment period, which ended July 26, 2010.
FEIS Downloads
- Download: Groundfish Amendment 21: Allocation of Harvest Opportunity Between Sectors of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery, Final Environmental Impact Statement Including Regulatory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis; June 2010
- Download the Written Public Comments received on the Amendment 21 DRAFT EIS
Amendment 21 FMP Language
- Download the Amendment 21 FMP Language Submitted May 7, 2010 to the Secretary of Commerce on for Approval
