Because of its large size, the document has been broken into sections for faster viewing and downloading. Please click on the section of the document you wish to view.

Final Rule for Amendment 10 to the Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan

• 1.0: Table of Contents
• 1.1:List of Appendices
• 1.2: List of Tables
• 1.3: List of Figures
• 1.4: List of Maps
• 2.0: Executive Summary
• 2.1:Applicable Law Crosswalk
• 3.0 - 3.1:Context of Amendment 10 and Management background/Management Background
• 3.2: Current Fishery Regulations
• 3.3:Development of Amendment 10
• 3.4: Definition of Overfishing
• 3.5:Optimum Yield
• 4.0: Purpose and Need for Action
• 4.1: Goals of Amendment 10
• 4.2: Objectives of Amendment 10
• 5.0 - 5.1:Description of Management Alternatives/Summary of Proposed Action & Initial Allocations
• 5.2 - 5.3: No Action & Status quo/Preferred & No-preferred Alternatives
• 5.4: Considered & Rejected Alternatives for Amendment 10
• 6.0- 6.1:Compliance with National Standards and Required Provisions/National Standards
• 6.2: Required Provisions
• 6.3: Discretionary Provisions
• 7.0 - 7.1: Description of Affected Environment (EIS)/Description of the Fishery
• 7.2: Biological Environment
• 7.3: Physical Environment
• 8.0 - 8.1: Environmental Consecquences/Cumulative Effects Analysis
• 8.2: Biological Impacts on Scallops
• 8.3:Finfish Catch
• 8.4: Impacts on Protected Species
• 8.5: Effects of Alternatives on Essential Fish Habitat
• 8.6 - 8.7: Scallop Research via Experimental Fishing Permits/Economic Impacts
• 8.8: Social Impact Assessment
• 8.9: Enforceability Assessment
• 9.0 - 9.1: Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA)/Introduction
• 9.2: Determination of Significant Economic Impact on Substantial Number of Small Entities
• 10.0: Regulatory Impact Review/Introduction
• 10.2: Summary of Regulatory Impacts/Enforcement Costs/Determination of Significant Regulatory Action
• 11.0 - 11.1: Compliance with the Data Quality Act/Section 515 Information Quality Documentation
• 12.0 -13.0: Executive Order 13158 (Marine Protected Areas)/Impacts on States (CZMs)
• 14.0:Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
• 14.1: Broken Trip Proceedure
• 14.2: One-to-one exchange controlled access trips
• 14.3: Open area DAS set aside for the extention of the observer program to include open scallop areas
• 14.4: Cooperative Surveys
• 15.0: Glossary
• 16.0: Literature Cited
• 17.0: Acknowledgements: Agencies and Persons Consulted
• 18.0: Persons or Agencies recieving copies of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for review
• 19.0: Comments
• 19.1: Scoping Comments
• 19.2: Written Comments on Draft Amendment and EIS
• 19.3: Public Hearing Summaries
• 19.4: Response to comments
• 20.0: Index

• Appendix I - NMFS Workshop on the Effects of Fishing Gear on Marine Habitats Off the Northeastern United States
• Appendix II - EFH Scoping Comments Summary and Response
• Appendix III - Maps and Coordinates of Habitat Closed Area Alternatives
• Appendix IV - Methods of Analysis for Assessment of Environmental Consequences
• Appendix V - Detailed Data of Habitat Metric Analysis for the Habitat Closed Area Alternatives Combined with the No Action Alternative
• Appendix VI - Gear Descriptions of Gears Used in the Northeast United States
• Appendix VII - Amendment 10 Scoping Comments Summary
• Appendix VIII- Proposal for Harvest Cooperatives in the Sea Scallop Fishery
• Appendix IX - Controlled Access Area Bycatch Estimates And Scallop and Finfish Bycatch Estimates from Vessel Trip Reports by Quarter and Rotation Management Area, Pooled Over Years
• Appendix X - Written Comments Received By the Council on Draft Amendment 10 and the DSEIS
• Appendix XI - Public Hearing Summary of Comments on Draft Amendment 10 and DSEIS

Addendum I