Overview
ID #
13245976
Document Type
Environmental Assessment
NOAA Office
National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Region
Document Status
Complete
Last Updated
06/28/2019
Summary
Framework 9 would revise existing management measures to further increase monkfish landings, operational flexibility, and economic efficiency and better achieve optimum yield in the fishery. Specifically, this action would allow Northeast multispecies sector vessels to declare a groundfish days-at-sea after leaving the dock, eliminate monkfish possession limits for certain vessels, and allow vessels to use smaller mesh gillnets to target dogfish while targeting monkfish in the Southern Fishery Management Area. This action is not expected to result in significant impacts. Neutral to positive impacts are expected for the biological and socio-economic environments. Some negative impacts to protected resources and habitat may result.