Proposed Rule Would Address Permitting, Reporting, and Bycatch Reduction in Shrimp Fisheries This proposed rule would require an owner or operator of a trawler that harvests or possesses brown, pink, or white shrimp (penaeid shrimp) in or from the EEZ off the southern Atlantic states to obtain a commercial vessel permit for South Atlantic penaeid shrimp. Owners or operators of vessels in the South Atlantic rock shrimp or penaeid shrimp fishery would be required to submit catch and effort reports and to carry an observer on selected trips. In addition, bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) would be required in nets in the rock shrimp fishery. Amendment 6 also proposes to establish stock status determination criteria for South Atlantic penaeid shrimp; revise the specifications of maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and optimum yield (OY) for South Atlantic rock shrimp; revise the stock status determination criteria for South Atlantic rock shrimp; revise the bycatch reduction criteria for the certification of BRDs; and transfer responsibilities for specifying the BRD testing protocol from the Council to the Southeast Regional Administrator of NOAA Fisheries Service. Written comments on this proposed rule must be received no later than 5pm on July 11, 2005. You may submit comments to:
Proposed Rule Would Address Permitting, Reporting, and Bycatch Reduction in Shrimp Fisheries
This proposed rule would require an owner or operator of a trawler that harvests or possesses brown, pink, or white shrimp (penaeid shrimp) in or from the EEZ off the southern Atlantic states to obtain a commercial vessel permit for South Atlantic penaeid shrimp. Owners or operators of vessels in the South Atlantic rock shrimp or penaeid shrimp fishery would be required to submit catch and effort reports and to carry an observer on selected trips. In addition, bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) would be required in nets in the rock shrimp fishery.
Amendment 6 also proposes to establish stock status determination criteria for South Atlantic penaeid shrimp; revise the specifications of maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and optimum yield (OY) for South Atlantic rock shrimp; revise the stock status determination criteria for South Atlantic rock shrimp; revise the bycatch reduction criteria for the certification of BRDs; and transfer responsibilities for specifying the BRD testing protocol from the Council to the Southeast Regional Administrator of NOAA Fisheries Service.
Written comments on this proposed rule must be received no later than 5pm on July 11, 2005.
You may submit comments to:
06****************@no**.gov. Please include in the subject line the following document identifier: 0648-AS16.