Existing plans : As of late 1979, plans for Atlantic 

 groundfish, Atlantic herring, Atlantic mackerel, squid, 

 butterfish, surf clam and ocean quahog, Gulf of Mexico stone 

 crab, Pacific commercial and sport salmon, northern anchovy, 

 Alaska coast tanner crab, Gulf of Alaska groundfish, and 

 high seas salmon have been implemented. Many other plans 

 are in the drafting stage or close to completion, and are 

 listed in Appendix E. 



REPRESENTATIVE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS 



The four fishery management plans chosen for detailed 

 review in this report were selected to represent a range of 

 the problems faced in fisheries management under the FCMA, 

 MMPA and ESA. The draft Bering Sea Groundfish Plan of the 

 North Pacific Council involves many species in an area from 

 which considerable fisheries data as well as information on 

 other components of the ecosystem, such as marine mammals, 

 are available. This plan involves fisheries of a very large 

 magnitude in terms of both tons and dollars. The final 

 Northern Anchovy Plan of the Pacific Council deals with only 

 one species, but again in an area where there is considerable 

 information available on the ecosystem, in this case, the 

 California Current. This plan includes specific considera- 

 tion of an endangered species. The draft Squid Plan of the 

 Mid-Atlantic Council deals with only a few species, all 

 squid, in a situation in which data are considerably more 

 sparse. Because of potential interactions between squid and 

 pilot whales , this plan also involves a marine mammal spe- 

 cies. The fourth plan chosen for review, the draft Spiny 

 Lobster Plan of the Western Pacific Council, has a very clear 

 relationship to an endangered marine mammal, the Hawaiian 

 monk seal. The plan concerns a fishery with little avail- 

 able data, and with a presently small dollar value, but with 

 considerable potential for growth. These plans illustrate 

 the spectrum of ways in which the objectives of the FCMA 

 have been incorporated into the development and implementation 

 of fishery management plans. More detailed information on 

 and evaluation of each of these four fishery management plans 

 is found in Appendix F of this report. 



Northern Anchovy Final Plan, 1978 



The Pacific Council's Northern Anchovy Management Plan 

 includes as an objective the maintenance of a population suf- 

 ficient to sustain adequate levels of predator fish, birds 

 and mammals. While no definition is attempted for "adequate" 



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