NMFS to Prepare Environmental Impact Statements for Monkfish, Herring, and Salmon Fisheries

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) plans to prepare supplemental environmental impact statements (SEISs) for the essential fish habitat (EFH) components of the Monkfish, Atlantic Herring, and Atlantic Salmon fishery management plans (FMPs), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and will hold a public meeting to gather public input on the proposed management alternatives.