Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council

	Fishery Ecosystem Plans
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	Fishery Management Plans
	Pelagics FMP Bottomfish FMP Crustaceans FMP Precious Corals FMP Coral Reefs FMP

Pelagics Plan Amendments

Chapters 1-2: Table of Contents and Preface
Chapters 3-4: Summary of Actions and Introduction
Chapter 5: History of Data Collection, Management, and Research
Chapter 6: Description of Fisheries for Pelagic Species
Chapter 7: Proposed Actions and Alternatives
Chapter 8: Determinations
Chapter 9: Relationship of the Proposed Action to Other Applicable Laws and Policies
Chapters 10-11: Plan Administration and Regulations
References

Final Amendment 18
Appendix 1: Public Scoping Report
Appendix 2: Assessment of the Population-level Impacts of Potential Increases in Marine Turtle Interactions Resulting from a Hawaii Longline Association Proposal to Expand the Hawaii-based Shallow-set Fishery
Appendix 3: Observed Captures and Estimated Mortality of Sea Turtles in the Hawaii Shallow-set Longline Fishery, 2004-2007
Appendix 4: Leatherback and Loggerhead Sea Turtle Egg Equivalencies Using Chaloupka Models
Appendix 5: Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis and Regulatory Impact Review for Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region
Appendix 6: 2008 NMFS Biological Opinion on Proposed Amendment 18 to the FMP for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific
Appendix 7: NMFS' Responses to Comments Received on the DSEIS and the Public Comment Letters

Chapters I-II: Introduction and History of Pelagic FMP and Amendment 7
Chapter III: Condition of Pacific Pelagic Management Unit Species and Fisheries
Chapters IV-V: Potential Problems Addressed by Amendment 7, and Description of Proposed Actions and Rejected Alternatives
Chapter VI: Impact Assessment
Chapters VII-IX: Further Evaluation of Proposed Action, Relationship to Other Laws and Directives, and Review of Comments and Responses to Comments
References and Appendices

Regulatory Amendment 5
Appendix I: Albatross interaction rates for seabird avoidance methods tested in the North Pacific Ocean pelagic longline swordfish and tuna fisheries

Appendix II: Distribution of fishing effort in the Hawaii-based longline fishery

Appendix III: Regulatory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis