Framework 9 would revise existing management measures to further increase monkfish landings, operational flexibility, and economic efficiency and better achieve optimum yield in the fishery. Specifically, this action would allow Northeast multispecies sector vessels to declare a groundfish days-at-sea after leaving the dock, eliminate monkfish possession limits for certain vessels, and allow vessels to use smaller mesh gillnets to target dogfish while targeting monkfish in the Southern Fishery Management Area. This action is not expected to result in significant impacts. Neutral to positive impacts are expected for the biological and socio-economic environments. Some negative impacts to protected resources and habitat may result.
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Rockefeller Refuge Gulf Shoreline Stabilization Supplemental Environmental Assessment Fed No. ME-18
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) proposes to widen an existing five-mile stretch of Route 606, between Route 50 and Route 621, from two lanes to a four-lane median divided roadway. The widening of Route 606 would require 14 acres of permanent easement and xx acres of temporary easement from the NOAA property. The purpose of this assessment is to respond to VDOT’s easement request in a manner that is consistent with the operational needs of the WFO and SFSC.
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Annual Catch Limits and Harvest Specifications for CPS Monitored FINFISH Stocks (Lindsay/Mendez)
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• Increase the Gulf of Mexico red grouper annual catch limit and annual catch target for the commercial sector from 6.03 and 5.72 mp gw, to 8.19 and 7.78 mp gw, respectively, for 2016 through the year 2020.
• Increase the Gulf of Mexico red grouper annual catch limit and annual catch target for the recreational sector from 1.9 and 1.73 mp gw, to 3.34 and 3.07 mp gw, respectively, for 2016 through the year 2020.
The proposed action will not change the manner in which the fishery is prosecuted and there is no new information that suggests impacts to listed species or critical habitat not previously identified.
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Amendment 113 and this proposed rule would modify harvesting and delivery requirements in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) Pacific cod fishery to prioritize the delivery of a portion of the Aleutian Islands Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) to shoreside processors located on land west of 170 W. longitude in the Aleutian Islands (Aleutian Islands shoreplants). These harvesting and delivery requirements would apply only if specific notification requirements are met, and only during a portion of the year. This action would provide the opportunity for Aleutian Islands shoreplants and the communities where Aleutian Islands shoreplants are located to receive the benefits from the delivery of a portion of the Aleutian Islands Pacific cod TAC, while still providing an opportunity for the complete harvest of the BSAI Pacific cod resource.
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Seabird Avoidance Program for Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery (Copps/Mendezl)
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Proposed projects are designed to help restore natural resources injured and lost natural resource uses affected by in-river discharges of haxardous substances from the American Cyanamid Superfund Site in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey
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2017-2018 Specifications and 2017 Accountability Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass FMP
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EA for a Regulatory Amd for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of AK: Revising Skate Maximum Retainable Amounts in the Gulf of AK Groundfish Fishery
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Dolphin Wahoo 1 would establish commercial trip limits after a certain percentage of the total commercial sector annual catch limit has been met. These commercial trip limits would enable the commercial sector of the fishery to maintain optimum yield and would prevent potential socio-economic impacts caused by an early closure of the fishery.
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The proposed action is expected to help restore natural resources injured and lost natural resource uses affected by in-river discharges of haxardous substances from the Port Gardner Bay Hazardous Waste Site, Everett, MA