[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44096-44100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14581]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 679
RTID 0648-XD130
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
Minimizing Non-Chinook Salmon Bycatch in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery
in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Fishery Management Plan Area
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Regional
Office (AKR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification; intent to prepare an environmental impact
statement; request for written comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS, in consultation with the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council), announces its intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on management measures to minimize
non-Chinook salmon bycatch, particularly bycatch of chum salmon
(Oncorhynchus keta) of western Alaska origin (Western Alaska chum), in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
The management measures analyzed in this EIS would apply exclusively to
participants in the Bering Sea pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) fishery,
managed under the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering
Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP), and consistent
with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), National Standards, and other applicable law.
The scope of the EIS will be to analyze the impacts to the human
environment resulting from alternatives for measures to minimize non-
Chinook salmon bycatch. NMFS will accept written comments from the
public to identify the issues of concern and assist the Council and
NMFS in determining the appropriate range of alternatives for the EIS.
DATES: Written comments will be accepted through September 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this document, identified by
NOAA-NMFS-2023-0089, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov and enter NOAA-NMFS-2023-0089 in the Search box.
Click on the ``Comment'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
Mail: Submit written comments to Gretchen Harrington,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division,
Alaska Region NMFS, Attn: Susan Meyer. Mail comments to P.O. Box 21668,
Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered by NMFS. All comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on
https://www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address), confidential business information,
or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily by the sender
will be publicly accessible. NMFS will accept anonymous comments (enter
``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bridget Mansfield, (907) 586-7228,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority for Action
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the United States has exclusive
fishery management authority over all living marine resources found
within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (i.e., those waters that are 3
to 200 nautical miles (approximately 6 to 370 kilometers) from shore).
The management of these marine resources, with the exception of birds
and some marine mammals, is vested in the Secretary of Commerce. The
Council shares responsibility for preparing FMPs for the fisheries that
require conservation and management in the EEZ off Alaska. Management
of the Federal groundfish fisheries in the BSAI
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is carried out under the BSAI FMP. The BSAI FMP, its amendments, and
implementing regulations (found at 50 CFR part 679) are developed in
accordance with the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and other
applicable Federal laws and executive orders, notably NEPA and the
Endangered Species Act.
Non-Chinook (Chum) Salmon Bycatch Management in the BSAI Groundfish
Fisheries
The Magnuson-Stevens Act authorizes the Council and NMFS to manage
groundfish fisheries in the Alaska EEZ. Some of these fisheries
incidentally catch salmon as bycatch while targeting groundfish. The
Council has designated salmon and several other species (herring,
Pacific halibut, steelhead, and king and Tanner crab) as ``prohibited
species'' (Section 3.6.1 of the BSAI FMP). By regulation, the operator
of any vessel fishing for groundfish in the BSAI must minimize the
catch of prohibited species (Sec. 679.21(a)(2)(i)). For catch
accounting purposes, NMFS monitors salmon prohibited species catch
(PSC) as either ` ``Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) PSC'' ' or `
``non-Chinook PSC.'' ' Sockeye (O. nerka), coho (O. kisutch), pink (O.
gorbuscha), and chum salmon are included in the non-Chinook PSC
category. However, over 99 percent of the salmon bycatch in the non-
Chinook category are chum salmon. PSC limits are the upper bound of the
PSC allowances apportioned to BSAI groundfish fisheries as specified
annually under Sec. 679.21. NMFS closes a fishery to avoid exceeding
some specified PSC limits.
The Council and NMFS have been actively managing salmon bycatch in
the Bering Sea since the mid-1990s. The Council's current salmon
bycatch management program is designed to minimize salmon bycatch at
all levels of salmon and pollock abundance, although the PSC limit for
Chinook salmon in the Bering Sea pollock fishery is reduced in years of
low Chinook salmon abundance (Sec. 679.21(f)(2)). Much of the salmon
bycatch reduction focus has been on Chinook salmon, although salmon
bycatch reduction measures also include chum salmon. Salmon bycatch
reduction actions previously implemented include the following
measures.
The Chum Salmon Savings Area, established in 1994 by emergency
rule, was formalized through BSAI FMP Amendment 35 in 1995 (60 FR
34904, July 5, 1995). These actions closed the Chum Salmon Savings Area
in the Bering Sea to all trawling from August 1 through August 31 and
stipulated it would remain closed through October 14 if the bycatch
limit of 42,000 non-Chinook salmon was met in the Catcher Vessel
Operational Area (CVOA) after August 31. The CVOA encompasses the Chum
Salmon Savings Area, effectively closing both areas to trawling if the
limit was reached.
The voluntary rolling hot spot closure system (VRHS) was
implemented by the pollock industry for chum salmon in 2001 and Chinook
salmon in 2002 to facilitate sharing real-time salmon bycatch
information to avoid areas with high Chinook and chum salmon bycatch
rates (i.e., the number of salmon incidentally caught per metric ton of
pollock).
In 2007, BSAI FMP Amendment 84 implementing regulations addressed
increases in Chinook and chum salmon bycatch that were occurring
despite the PSC limits in place to trigger closures of the Chinook and
Chum Salmon Savings Areas (72 FR 61070, October 29, 2007). These
regulations established the salmon bycatch Intercooperative Agreement
(ICA), which allowed vessels participating in the Bering Sea pollock
fishery to use their internal cooperative structure to reduce Chinook
and chum salmon bycatch using the VRHS. Under Amendment 84 vessels
participating in the VRHS under the ICA were exempt from the Salmon
Savings Area closures. Amendment 84 also requires the efficacy of the
VRHS program and bycatch reduction efforts to be reported to the
Council annually.
Prior to Amendment 84's implementing regulations, the Council began
to work on a comprehensive bycatch management package for both Chinook
and chum salmon which considered updated closure areas and a range of
overall PSC limits by fishery sector, season, and species. However,
2007 saw the highest historical bycatch of Chinook salmon coincide with
ongoing observations of and concerns about declining Chinook stocks of
western Alaska origin. Therefore, the Council prioritized management
measures for Chinook salmon bycatch, resulting in BSAI FMP Amendment 91
in 2010 (75 FR 53026, August 30, 2010).
Amendment 91 substantially changed Chinook salmon bycatch
management in the Bering Sea pollock fishery by creating two Chinook
salmon PSC limits or ``hard caps.'' The Chinook salmon PSC limits were
implemented alongside industry-developed contractual arrangements
called Incentive Plan Agreements (IPAs). IPAs are designed to
incentivize the pollock industry to minimize their Chinook salmon
bycatch at all levels of Chinook salmon abundance. This combined
approach also provides the pollock industry with the flexibility to
harvest the Bering Sea pollock Total Allowable Catch (TAC) in years
when encounter rates for Chinook salmon are higher and salmon are
difficult to avoid on the fishing grounds. Under Amendment 91, if the
pollock industry developed IPAs, an overall cap of 60,000 Chinook
salmon was implemented. If the pollock industry did not develop IPAs, a
lower limit of 47,591 Chinook salmon applied fleet wide. Three IPAs
have been in place since 2010. The overall hard cap is divided between
the A and B pollock seasons and allocated among the catcher/processor
(CP), mothership, inshore catcher vessel (CV), and Community
Development Quota (CDQ) sectors. Amendment 91 also created a
performance standard that required that each sector not exceed its
allocation of 47,591 Chinook salmon in any 3 out of 7 consecutive
years.
Salmon bycatch monitoring in the Bering Sea pollock fishery changed
in 2011 to enable Chinook salmon bycatch accounting, although the
measures are applied to all salmon. Bycatch monitoring of all salmon
species in the Bering Sea pollock fishery is accomplished through the
following measures: (1) requirements for 100 percent observer coverage
for all vessels and processing plants; (2) salmon retention
requirements; (3) specific areas to store and count all salmon,
regardless of species; (4) video monitoring on at-sea processors; and
(5) electronic reporting of salmon, by species, by haul (for CPs) or
delivery (for motherships and shoreside processors). Full retention of
all salmon is required because it is difficult to differentiate Chinook
salmon from other salmon species, and salmon of all species are counted
using the same methods. The North Pacific Observer Program also
implemented more robust genetic sampling, which is required to achieve
the Council's priority of minimizing Western Alaska chum salmon
bycatch. Every salmon caught as bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock
fishery is counted and recorded. Every 10th Chinook salmon and every
30th chum salmon are sampled by a NMFS-certified observer and are used
to collect biological information including length and tissues used to
determine the genetic stock of origin, among other data.
Amendment 110 to the BSAI FMP, implemented in 2016, further refined
salmon bycatch management in the Bering Sea pollock fishery to improve
the incentives to avoid Chinook and chum salmon, while providing more
flexibility to the pollock fleet to change
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fishing operations to improve its opportunity to harvest the pollock
TAC (81 FR 37534, June 10, 2016). Key elements of Amendment 110 and
implementing regulations that addressed salmon bycatch included:
Incorporate chum salmon avoidance into the IPAs
established under Amendment 91, and remove the non-Chinook salmon
bycatch reduction ICA previously established under Amendment 84 to the
FMP;
Modify the requirements for the content of the IPAs to
increase the incentives for fishermen to avoid Chinook salmon;
Change the seasonal apportionments of the pollock TAC to
allow more pollock to be harvested earlier in the year when Chinook
salmon PSC use tends to be lower;
Reduce the Chinook salmon PSC limit to 45,000 Chinook
salmon and performance standard to 33,318 Chinook salmon in years with
low Chinook salmon abundance in western Alaska; and
Improve the monitoring of salmon bycatch in the pollock
fishery.
Amendment 110 further clarified and strengthened salmon monitoring
regulations implemented under Amendment 91. Those changes: (1) revised
salmon retention and handling requirements on catcher vessels; (2)
improved observer data entry and transmission requirements for catcher
vessels; (3) clarified requirements applicable to viewing salmon in a
storage container; and (4) clarified requirements for the removal of
salmon from an observer sampling station at the end of a haul or
delivery.
Proposed Action
The Council is now considering management measures to further
minimize non-Chinook salmon bycatch in light of the ongoing declines in
chum salmon run strength across western and Interior Alaska. Concurrent
with the changes in chum salmon stock abundance, the Council reviewed
scientific reports outlining the impact of warming ocean conditions on
salmon mortality at sea and received substantial public comment from
western and Interior Alaska Tribes, Tribal Consortia, and subsistence
salmon fishermen describing the importance of chum salmon for food
security, wellbeing, and the continuation of meaningful cultural
practices and related Traditional Knowledge (TK) systems. The Council
also received public comments and annual presentations from IPA
representatives on the industry's efforts to minimize their salmon
bycatch. As part of this action, the EIS will analyze the extent to
which implementing additional chum salmon bycatch management measures
could have some positive benefit on the number of chum salmon that
return to western Alaska rivers. Any additional chum salmon returning
to Alaska river systems improves the ability to meet the State's
spawning escapement goals, which is necessary for the long-term
sustainability of chum salmon.
The Council's intent for this proposed action is to minimize the
bycatch of chum salmon, particularly those of western Alaska origin.
The management measures to be analyzed in this EIS would apply
exclusively to participants in the Bering Sea pollock fishery because
the majority of non-Chinook bycatch occurs in the Bering Sea pollock
fishery (~98%). The EIS will analyze a range of alternatives considered
for the proposed action to minimize non-Chinook salmon bycatch,
particularly the bycatch of Western Alaska chum salmon, in the Bering
Sea pollock fishery. The chum salmon bycatch reduction measures under
consideration would augment current bycatch reduction measures in the
Bering Sea pollock fishery. The BSAI area is defined at Sec. 679.2 and
shown in Figures 1 to 50 CFR part 679.
In June 2023, the Council and NMFS agreed that NMFS would initiate
public scoping to prepare an EIS for the proposed action to minimize
non-Chinook salmon bycatch, particularly bycatch of Western Alaska chum
salmon in the Bering Sea pollock fishery. Additional information on the
Council's proposed action to minimize chum salmon bycatch is available
on the Council's website at https://www.npfmc.org/.
Purpose and Need Statement
In April 2023, the Council adopted the following Purpose and Need
Statement with additional language added by NMFS that addresses
National Standard 9:
Salmon are an important fishery resource throughout Alaska, and
chum salmon that rear in the Bering Sea support subsistence,
commercial, sport, and recreational fisheries throughout western and
Interior Alaska. Western and Interior Alaska salmon stocks are
undergoing extreme crises and collapses, with long-running stock
problems and consecutive years' failures to achieve escapement goals,
U.S.-Canada fish passage treaty requirements, and subsistence harvest
needs in the Yukon, Kuskokwim, and Norton Sound regions. These multi-
salmon species declines have created adverse impacts to culture and
food security and have resulted in reduced access to traditional foods
and commercial salmon fisheries.
The best available science suggests that ecosystem and climate
changes are the leading causes of recent chum salmon run failures;
however, non-Chinook (primarily chum) salmon are taken in the Eastern
Bering Sea pollock trawl fishery, which reduces the amount of salmon
that return to western and Interior Alaska rivers and subsistence
fisheries. It is important to acknowledge and understand all sources of
chum mortality and the cumulative impact of various fishing activities.
In light of the critical importance of chum salmon to western Alaska
communities and ecosystems, the Council is considering additional
measures to further minimize Western Alaska chum bycatch in the pollock
fishery.
The purpose of this proposed action is to develop actions to
minimize bycatch of Western Alaska chum salmon in the Eastern Bering
Sea pollock fishery consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, National
Standards, and other applicable law. In particular, National Standard 9
provides that conservation and management measures shall, to the extent
practicable, (a) minimize bycatch and (b) to the extent bycatch cannot
be avoided, minimize the mortality of such bycatch. Consistent, annual
genetics stock composition information indicates that the majority of
non-Chinook bycatch in the pollock fishery is of Russian/Asian hatchery
origin; therefore, alternatives should structure non-Chinook bycatch
management measures around improving performance in avoiding Western
Alaska chum salmon specifically.
The Council intends to consider establishing additional regulatory
non-Chinook bycatch management measures that reduce Western Alaska chum
bycatch and meet the following objectives; (1) provide additional
opportunities for the pollock trawl fleet to improve performance in
avoiding non-Chinook salmon, while maintaining the priority of the
objectives of the Amendment 91 and Amendment 110 Chinook salmon bycatch
avoidance program; (2) meet and balance the requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, particularly to minimize salmon bycatch to the
extent practicable under National Standard 9; (3) include the best
scientific information available including Local Knowledge and TK as
required by National Standard 2; (4) take into account the importance
of fishery resources to fishing communities including those that are
dependent on Bering Sea pollock and subsistence salmon fisheries as
required under National Standard 8; and (5) achieve
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optimum yield in the BSAI groundfish fisheries on a continuing basis,
in the groundfish fisheries as required under National Standard 1.
Alternatives and Options for Non-Chinook (Chum) Salmon Bycatch
Reduction
NMFS, in coordination with the Council, will evaluate a range of
alternative methods to minimize non-Chinook salmon bycatch, with a
primary focus on reducing Western Alaska chum salmon bycatch in the
Bering Sea pollock fishery in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
NMFS and the Council recognize that implementation of additional
measures to minimize chum PSC could change aspects of the existing
management measures for non-Chinook PSC in the Bering Sea pollock
fishery.
Possible alternatives for minimizing non-Chinook bycatch in the
Bering Sea pollock fishery could be constructed from one or more of the
following draft alternatives and options developed by the Council, in
addition to those developed through the public scoping and future
Council processes:
Alternative 1: Status Quo, No Action
Alternative 1 is the current management of the Bering Sea pollock
fishery with the measures to minimize non-Chinook salmon PSC under
Amendment 110, as described above, and the associated monitoring and
genetic data collection and analysis.
All action alternatives apply to the entire Bering Sea pollock B
season, the season in which chum salmon are taken as bycatch.
Alternative 2: Overall PSC Limit for Chum Salmon
Option 1: Chum salmon PSC limit (a range to be informed by PSC
data).
PSC limits are apportioned among CDQ, CP, mothership, and inshore
sectors based on historical total bycatch by sector. The inshore limit
is further apportioned among the inshore cooperatives. The CDQ limit is
further apportioned among the CDQ groups. Reaching a PSC limit closes
the pollock fishery sector to which the PSC limit applies.
Option 2: Weighted, step-down PSC limit triggered by a three-river
chum index (Kwiniuk (or index developed for Norton Sound area), Yukon,
Kuskokwim) that is linked to prior years' chum abundance/amount
necessary for subsistence (ANS)/escapement and weighted to account for
variance in stock sizes across river systems.
PSC limits would be triggered and in effect when one or more
Western Alaska chum index areas fails to meet index thresholds. As more
areas fail to meet index thresholds, chum PSC limits would step-down
and become more restrictive. PSC limits are apportioned among CDQ, CP,
mothership and inshore sectors. The inshore limit is further
apportioned among the inshore cooperatives. The CDQ limit is further
apportioned among the CDQ groups. Reaching a PSC limit closes the
pollock fishery sector to which the PSC limit applies.
Alternative 3: PSC Limit for Western Alaska Chum Salmon
Option 1: Western Alaska chum salmon PSC limit (range to be
informed by PSC data).
PSC limits are apportioned among CDQ, CP, mothership, and inshore
sectors based on historical total bycatch by sector. The inshore limit
is further apportioned among the inshore cooperatives. The CDQ limit is
further apportioned among the CDQ groups. Reaching a PSC limit closes
the pollock fishery sector to which the PSC limit applies.
Option 2: Weighted, step-down Western Alaska chum PSC limit
triggered by a three-river chum index (Kwiniuk (or index developed for
Norton Sound area), Yukon, Kuskokwim) that is linked to prior years'
chum abundance/ANS/escapement and weighted to account for variance in
stock sizes across river systems.
PSC limits would be triggered and in effect when one or more
Western Alaska chum index areas fails to meet index thresholds. As more
areas fail to meet index thresholds, chum PSC limits would step-down
and become more restrictive. PSC limits are apportioned among CDQ, CP,
mothership, and inshore sectors. The inshore limit is further
apportioned among the inshore cooperatives. The CDQ limit is further
apportioned among the CDQ groups. Reaching a PSC limit closes the
pollock fishery sector to which the PSC limit applies.
Alternative 4: Additional Regulatory Requirements for IPAs To Be
Managed by Either NMFS or Within the IPAs
Option 1: Require a chum salmon reduction plan agreement to
prioritize avoidance in Genetic Cluster Areas 1 and 2 for a specified
amount of time based on two triggers: (1) exceeding an established chum
salmon incidental catch rate; and (2) exceeding a historical genetic
composition (proportion) of Western Alaska chum salmon to non-Western
Alaska chum salmon.
Option 2: Additional regulatory provisions requiring IPAs to
utilize the most refined genetic information available to further
prioritize avoidance of areas and times with higher proportions of
Western Alaska and Upper/Middle Yukon chum stocks.
Issues To Be Analyzed
The EIS will analyze these alternatives, and any additional
alternatives developed through the scoping and Council processes, and
their likely impacts on non-Chinook salmon stocks, elements of
associated marine resources, and participants in the directed pollock
fishery. The EIS also will analyze the likely impacts of such
additional non-Chinook salmon PSC limits on related Chinook salmon
stocks and on participants in subsistence salmon fisheries in the area.
When the Council adopted a Purpose and Need statement in April
2023, the Council asked for a preliminary analysis, which will be
presented at the October 2023 Council meeting, along with a summary of
scoping comments received in response to this notice, to provide
information to inform a reasonable range of PSC limits and an index
associated with Western Alaska chum salmon stock status under the
action alternatives. The preliminary analysis will address:
Non-Chinook PSC data by year from 2011 through 2022; 3-,
5-, 10-year average non-Chinook PSC levels from 2011 through 2022; and
potential ranges for average PSC levels during warm/cold years from
2011 through 2022.
Whether the identified areas (Kwiniuk (or Norton Sound
area), Kuskokwim, Yukon) are appropriate as indices to determine
Western Alaska chum salmon abundance and whether there are data to
support consistent use of each area in an index.
Which criteria should be used to define low index
abundance in each area (i.e., a number of chum defining poor abundance)
for each area? Examples:
--abundance (e.g., a percentile of historical abundance)
--subsistence harvest performance (e.g., subsistence harvest in
relation to historical subsistence harvest and/or ANS)
--achievement of escapement goals (e.g., a percentage of total
escapement goals met or exceeded)
The feasibility of NMFS implementing a Western Alaska chum
PSC limit under Alternative 3. For example, can NMFS apply the Western
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Alaska chum stock proportion available in spring 2025 to total chum PSC
at the end of year 2024 to trigger management measures in B season
2025? Or a measure whereby Western Alaska chum PSC limit is reduced if
exceeded for a maximum number of consecutive years (e.g., 2 out of 5
years or 3 out of 7 years)?
Additional information necessary to analyze IPAs such as
the base rate for triggering action, e.g., the proportion of Western
Alaska and non-Western Alaska chum salmon for the second trigger in
Alternative 4, Option 1.
A summary of research and TK that can be gathered to
understand all causes of the population decline.
Public Involvement
Scoping is an early and open process for determining the scope of
issues to be addressed in an EIS and for identifying the significant
issues related to the proposed action (40 CFR 1501.9). An EIS is a
detailed statement on a proposed agency action, but it does not mandate
particular results or substantive outcomes as the purpose and function
of NEPA is satisfied if the agency considered relevant environmental
information and the public has been informed regarding the decision-
making process (40 CFR 1500.1(a)). A principal objective of the scoping
and public involvement process is to identify a range of reasonable
management alternatives that, with adequate analysis in an EIS, will
delineate critical issues and provide a clear basis for distinguishing
among those alternatives and informing the selection of a preferred
alternative. Through this notice, NMFS is notifying the public that an
EIS and a decision-making process for this proposed action have been
initiated so that interested or affected people may participate and
contribute to the final decision.
NMFS is seeking written public comments on the scope of issues,
including potential impacts, and alternatives that should be considered
to minimize non-Chinook salmon bycatch, particularly the bycatch of
Western Alaska chum salmon, in the Bering Sea pollock fishery. Written
comments should be as specific as possible to be the most helpful.
Written comments received during the scoping process, including the
names and addresses of those submitting them, will be considered part
of the public record of this proposal and will be available for public
inspection. Written comments will be accepted at the address above (see
ADDRESSES). Please visit the NMFS Alaska Region website at https://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov for more information on salmon bycatch
management in Alaska.
Subsequent to the formal scoping period for written comments, which
this notice announces, the public is invited to participate and provide
additional relevant input at Council meetings, where the latest
scientific information regarding chum bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock
fishery is reviewed and alternatives will be developed and evaluated
for this EIS. Notice of future Council meetings will be published in
the Federal Register and on the internet at https://www.npfmc.org/.
Please visit this website for information and guidance on participating
in Council meetings.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated July 5, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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