Final Environmental Assessment/ Regulatory Impact Review for Proposed Amendment 117(BSAI) and 106(GOA) to the Fishery Management Plans for Bering Sea Aleutian Islands Groundfish and Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Reclassifying Squid Species in the BSAI and GOA

Amendments 117/106 moved all species of squid in the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP) and the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP) from the target species category to the non-target ecosystem component (EC) category. The management measures stipulate a 20% maximum retainable amount (MRA) of squid per target groundfish catch in both FMPs. There are no significant (beneficial or adverse) impacts on squid stocks, salmon PSC or significant (beneficial or adverse) socio-economic impacts on the groundfish fisheries.