| Magnuson-Stevens Act Implementation |
| Activity Sheet # | N-01.06 | November 15, 2005 |
| Activity: | DEFINITIONS: Advise Council Chairmen and Executive Directors of need to review and |
| amend FMPs and FMP regulations for consistency with SFA language |
| Completion date: | December 17, 1996 | January 19, 1997 |
| Product (s): | Letter to Councils |
| Overview and scope of task and sub-tasks: |
| Completed | A. Letter advising Councils of need to review definitions in existing FMPs and FMP |
| regulations for consistency with SFA Sec. 102 and amend FMPs and FMP regulations as |
| necessary. |
| Completed | B. Letter advising Councils of need to incorporate SFA definitions in new FMPs or FMP |
| amendments where appropriate: |
| (1) Bycatch [Sec 102(2); p.6] |
| Completed |
| (2) Recreational, charter and commercial fisheries [Sec. 102(3),(4),(32); pp.7, 10] |
| Completed |
| (3) Economic and regulatory discards [Sec 102(9),(33); p.7, 10] |
| Completed |
| (4) Essential fish habitat [Sec. 102(10); pp. 7-8] |
| Completed |
| (5) Fishing communities [Sec. 102(16); p.8] |
| Completed |
| (6) Individual fishing quota [Sec. 102(21); p.8] |
| Completed |
| (7) "Optimum" [Sec. 102(28); p.9] |
| Completed |
| (8) "Overfishing" and "overfished" [Sec. 102(29); pp.9-10] |
| Completed |
| (9) Pacific Insular Areas [Sec. 102(30); p.10] |