Pink (Ocean) Shrimp, Pandalus jordani, Fishery Management Plan (FMP)

Pink (Ocean) Shrimp, Pandalus jordani, Fishery Management Plan (FMP)

The proposed project would establish a management framework for the California pink shrimp commercial trawl fishery through an FMP. The range of this fishery is limited by a combination of biological and regulatory factors. Pink shrimp are found at depth shallower than 1,200 feet (~360 meters) in sandy mud habitat. Shrimp trawling is currently prohibited inside state waters (Fish & Game Code sections 8833, 8835, 8836, & 8842); it is also subject to exclusion from the federal essential fish habitat conservation areas (EFHCA; 50 CFR §§ 660.11, 660.12, & 660.79). Figure 1 (attached) represents the project’s areas of potential effects by incorporating the maximum depth where pink shrimp occurs, the limit of the state jurisdiction, and existing EFHCAs. While this area spans the coast of California, California’s pink shrimp fishery predominately occurs north of Point Conception with landing occurring at ports within Del Norte, Humboldt, and San Luis Obispo counties.

Del Norte, Humboldt, San Luis Obispo

Statewide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California San Diego River Conservancy (SDRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), Santa Monica Bay Restoration, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Other (Not Applicable)

Fishery Management Plan

Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects