602. 3 .b. 12. ii Description of alternatives . Describe 

 the alternative optimum yields considered and their advantages 

 and disadvantages to marine mammals, endangered species, and 

 other significant nontarget species, as well as to target spe - 

 cies and the fishing industry . 



602 . 3 .b . 12 . iii . Analysis of beneficial and adverse im- 

 pacts of potential management options. In considering various 

 conservation and management measures in order to determine 

 which are necessary and appropriate for the conservation of 

 the fishery resource, management of the fishery, and to achieve 

 the optimum yield, the beneficial and adverse impacts of such 

 measures, along with an assessment of the associated probability 

 of those impacts, must be analyzed. These impacts should be 

 identified and described, to the extent possible in summary 

 form. 



602 . 3 . b . 12 . iv. Tradeoffs between the beneficial and ad- 

 verse impacts of the preferred or optimal management options . 

 Conservation and management measures shall be identified which 

 are deemed by the Council to be the preferred or optimal means 

 of achieving optimum yield. Such measures will, in all likeli- 

 hood, contain or represent trade-offs between the specific man- 

 agement objectives identified in the plan. It may not be fea- 

 sible or possible to optimize each management objective as some 

 may contain unavoidable conflicting aspects. The trade-offs 

 between the beneficial and adverse ecological, social and eco- 

 nomic impacts of the preferred or optimal management options 

 and an evaluation of the acceptability of the level of risk of 

 adverse impacts should be described in summary form. 



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