| Magnuson-Stevens Act Implementation |
| Activity Sheet # | C-05.01 | Mandatory | November 15, 2005 |
| Activity: | DEFINITIONS: Amend FMPs and FMP regulations for consistency with SFA Section 102 |
| definitions |
| Caribbean Fishery Management Council |
| Completion date: | October 11, 1998 |
| Product (s): | Amended FMPs and FMP regulations |
| Overview and scope of task and sub-tasks: |
| A. need to review definitions in FMPs and FMP regulations for consistency with SFA |
| Sec. 102 and amend FMPs and FMP regulations as necessary, and |
| B. need to incorporate SFA definitions in new FMPs or FMP amendments where |
| appropriate: |
| (1) Bycatch [Sec 102(2); p.6] |
| (2) Recreational, charter and commercial fisheries [Sec. 102(3),(4),(32); pp.7, 10] |
| (3) Economic and regulatory discards [Sec 102(9),(33); p.7, 10] |
| (4) Essential fish habitat [Sec. 102(10); pp. 7-8] |
| (5) Fishing communities [Sec. 102(16); p.8] |
| (6) Individual fishing quota [Sec. 102(21); p.8] |
| (7) "Optimum" [Sec. 102(28); p.9] |
| (8) "Overfishing" and "overfished" [Sec. 102(29); pp.9- 10] |