Published: 2012
Total Pages: 296
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"This document is an Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis analyzing proposed management measures that would apply exclusively to the directed pollock fishery in the Western and Central Gulf of Alaska (GOA). The measures under consideration include settings prohibited species catch limits in the Central and Western GOA for Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), which would close the directed pollock fishery in those regulatory areas once attained; full retention of salmon species; and increased observer coverage on vessels under 60 feet length overall. The purpose of this action is to address prohibited species catch of Chinook salmon in the GOA, and establish measures that protect against the risk of high Chinook salmon removals in the GOA pollock trawl fisheries in future years"--Abstract.