Book Description

"The intent of Amendment 13 is to ensure the FMP is consistent with NMFS advisory guidelines at 50 CFR 600.310 with regards to a process for setting annual catch limits and associated measures. The guidelines describe fishery management approaches to meet the objectives of National Standard 1 (NS1) of section 301 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). Amendment 13 revises the framework process in place to set and adjust fishery specifications and management measures and modified this framework to include the specification new reference points such as annual catch limit"--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of three related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.