Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Scoping Meetings

Zusammenfassung

The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene public scoping meetings on its draft Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan (CREFMP), preliminary draft Environmental Impact Statement (PDEIS) for the CREFMP, and associated documents for the CREFMP. The Council announces its intention to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the Federal management of crustaceans in the Western Pacific Region. The scope of the EIS analysis will include all activities related to the conduct of the fisheries and will examine the impacts of crustacean harvest on, among other things, protected species. The Council will hold public scoping meetings and accept written comments to provide for public input into the range of actions, alternatives, and impacts that the EIS should consider. The Council will continue scoping meetings for the EIS on bottomfish and seamount groundfish fisheries with meetings planned throughout Hawaii. The Council also announces its intention to develop an amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for Pelagic Species Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Pelagics FMP) which will consider a range of alternatives and impacts for management of