| Magnuson-Stevens Act Implementation |
| Activity Sheet # | N-02.02 | Mandatory | November 15, 2005 |
| Activity: | FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS: Required provisions in HMS FMPs [Sec. 108(a); pp. 40-42] |
| Completion date: | October 11, 1998 | April 23, 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: |
| (1) Bycatch reports: Standardized reporting methods to assess the type and amount |
| of bycatch in a fishery [Sec. 108(a)(7); p.41] |
| Completed |
| (2) Bycatch measures: Develop management measure to avoid bycatch or minimize |
| mortality of bycatch [Sec. 108(a)(7); p. 41] |
| Completed |
| (3) Commercial, recreational, and charter fishing: FMPs must specify data for each |
| sector [Sec. 108(a)(2); p.40] |
| Completed |
| (4) Commercial, recreational, and charter fishing: FMPs must describe these sectors |
| and quantify trends in landings [Sec. 108(a)(7); p. 42] |
| Completed |
| (5) Essential fish habitat: FMPs must describe and identify essential fish habitat, |
| minimize adverse effects on such habitat, and identify other actions to encourage |
| the conservation of such habitat [Sec. 108(a)(3); p. 40] |
| 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 |
| (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 |
| (8) Overfishing: FMPs must rebuild overfished stocks [Sec. 108(a)(1); p. 40] |
| 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 |
| (10) Overfishing: FMPs with recreational catch-and-release 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 | (1) Amend FMP for Atlantic Sharks |
| Completed |
| Completed | (2) Amend FMP for Atlantic Billfishes |
| Completed |
| Completed | (3) Amend FMP for Atlantic Swordfish |
| Completed | C. Develop new FMPs, as necessary, with the required provisions [SFA 108(a), |
| M-SFCMA 303(a)] |
| Completed | (1) Develop FMP for Highly Migratory Species |