Draft Environmental Impact Statement Bering Sea Chum Salmon Bycatch Management

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that analyzes proposed management measures to minimize chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) bycatch in the Bering Sea. The proposed measures would apply exclusively to participants in the Federal Bering Sea pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) fishery which operates in the Bering Sea sub-area of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fishery Management Plan area. The purpose of this action is to minimize chum salmon bycatch, but particularly the bycatch of Western Alaska origin chum salmon, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act, its National Standards, and other applicable law.