Overview
ID #
EAXX-006-48-1WC-1727916816
Document Type
Environmental Assessment
NOAA Office
National Marine Fisheries Service - West Coast Region
Document Status
In Development
Last Updated
10/01/2024
Summary
This Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis/Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Analysis (EA/RIR/RFAA/MSA) analyzes a proposed management measure that would apply exclusively to the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. Specifically, this would remove the Cordell Bank Groundfish Conservation Area (GCA) for all groundfish fisheries and implement a new Groundfish Exclusion Area (GEA) for all groundfish fisheries on the Cordell Bank (50 fm isobath) bottom contact Essential Fish Habitat Conservation Area (EFHCA). No changes are proposed to the Cordell Bank bottom trawl EFHCA or the bottom contact EFHCA.