APPENDIX F 



REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE FMPs 



Draft Bering Sea Groundfish Plan, 1978 



The North Pacific Fishery Management Council developed 

 a draft FMP for the groundfish fishery in the Bering Sea- 

 Aleutian Island Area. This review concerns the July 1978 

 version of the plan. 



Species : Alaska pollock, yellowfin sole, turbots (arrow 

 toothed flounder, greenland turbot) , other flatfishes, Pacific 

 cod, rockfishes (primarily Pacific ocean perch), sablefish, 

 Atka mackerel, squid, and others. 



This plan covers all groundfish except herring and Pacific 

 halibut. Because the potential of these fisheries to affect 

 Pacific halibut is so great, descriptive information on hali- 

 but was included in the plan. OY for halibut will be set by 

 the Pacific Halibut Commission, but halibut must be taken into 

 account in management of other groundfish. 



Area : The entire FCZ of the Bering Sea including Bristol 

 Bay, Norton Sound, and that portion of the FCZ adjacent to 

 the Aleutian Islands west of 170*W longitude. The Council de- 

 termined that fish stocks in this area could be managed as a 

 unit . 



Goals for the management plan : The North Pacific Fishery 

 Management Council adopted goals for all FMPs including the 

 following : 



1. Promote conservation while providing Optimum Yield in 

 terms of overall benefit to the nation, particularly referring 

 to food production and recreation; avoid irreversible or long 

 term adverse effects on resources and the marine environment; 

 ensure availability of a multiplicity of options with respect 

 to future uses of these resources ; 



2. As possible, promote efficient use of the fishery re- 

 sources but not solely for economic purposes ; and 



3. Promote fair and equitable allocation of identified 

 available resources so that no particular group acquires an 

 excessive share. 



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