Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea/ Aleutian Islands Area

Résumé

NMFS announces its intention to prepare a programmatic supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) on Federal groundfish fishery management in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters off Alaska. The scope of the analysis will include all activities addressing the conduct of groundfish fisheries authorized and managed under two of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's fishery management plans (FMPs): Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), and amendments thereto; and Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI), and amendments thereto. NMFS will hold scoping meetings to receive public input on the structure of the alternatives and the range of issues to be covered in the programmatic SEIS. NMFS is accepting written comments on the same topics.