| Magnuson-Stevens Act Implementation |
| Activity Sheet # | C-01.02 | Mandatory | November 15 2005 |
| Activity: | FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS: Required provisions in FMPs [SFA Sec. 108(a) pp. 40-42; |
| MSFCMA Sec. 303(a)] |
| New England Fishery Management Council |
| Completion date: | October 11 1998 | October 27 1999 |
| Product (s): | All FMPs and FMP regulations contain the required provisions |
| Overview and scope of task and sub-tasks: |
| Completed | A. All new FMPs amendments to existing FMPs and FMP regulations must include the |
| following provisions as appropriate: |
| Completed | (1) Bycatch reports: Standardized reporting methods to assess the type and amount |
| of bycatch in a fishery [Sec. 108(a)(7); p.41] |
| Completed |
| Completed | (2) Bycatch measures: Develop management measure to minimize bycatch or |
| mortality of bycatch [Sec. 108(a)(7); p. 41] |
| Completed |
| Completed | (3) Commercial recreational and charter fishing: FMPs must specify data for each |
| sector [Sec. 108(a)(2); p.40] |
| Completed |
| Completed | (4) Commercial recreational and charter fishing: FMPs must describe these sectors |
| and quantify trends in landings [Sec. 108(a)(7); p. 42] |
| Completed |
| Completed | (5) Essential fish habitat: FMPs must describe and identify essential fish habitat; |
| identify adverse effects on such habitat; minimize to the extent practicable |
| adverse impacts from fishing; and identify other actions to encourage the |
| conservation of such habitat [Sec. 108(a)(3); p. 40] |
| Completed |
| Completed | (6) Fishing communities: FMPs must include fishery impact statements which assess |
| the likely effects of measures on fishing communities [Sec. 108(a)(5); p. 40] |
| Completed |
| Completed | (7) Overfishing: FMPs must specify objective and measurable criteria for identifying |
| whether a fishery is overfished and include measures to prevent overfishing [Sec. |
| 108(a)(7); p. 41] |
| Completed |
| Completed | (8) Overfishing: FMPs must rebuild overfished stocks [Sec. 108(a)(1); p. 40] |
| Completed |
| Completed | (9) Overfishing: If re-building requires reduced harvests restrictions and recovery |
| benefits must be fairly allocated among harvesters [Sec. 108(a)(7); p.42] |
| Completed |
| Completed | (10) Overfishing: FMPs with recreational catch-and-release tagging programs must |
| include measures to minimize mortality [Sec. 108(a)(7); pp. 41-42] |
| Completed | B. Existing FMPs and FMP regulations must be amended as appropriate by October |
| 11 1998 |
| Completed | (2) Amend FMP for Multispecies Groundfish |
| Completed |
| Completed | (3) Amend FMP for Atlantic Sea Scallops |
| Completed |
| Completed | (4) Amend FMP for Atlantic Salmon |
| Completed | C. Develop new FMPs with the required provisions [SFA 108(a); M-SFCMA 303(a)] |
| Completed | (1) Develop FMP for Whiting/Silver Hake |
| Completed |
| Completed | (2) Develop FMP for Atlantic Herring |
| Completed |
| Completed | (3) Develop FMP for Monkfish |