SCH Number 1990040140

Title: AMENDMENT 6 TO THE NORTHERN ANCHOVY FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Description: THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REVISE THE OPTIMUM YIELD (OY) FORMULA TO ALLOW A SMALL REDUCTION FISHERY WHEN THE SPAWNING BIOMASS FALLS BELOW 300,000 METRIC TONS (MT) AND WOULD DEFINE OVER- FISHING AS (A) ANY HARVEST IN EXCESS OF OY, WHERE OY IS DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE HARVEST FORMULA IN THE FMP, WHEN SPAWNING BIOMASS DURING EITHER THE CURRENT OR PRECEDING SEASON WAS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 50,000 MT, AND (B) AS HARVEST OF ANY KIND WHEN THE SPAWNING BIOMASS DURING THE CURRENT AND PRECEDING SEASON WAS LESS THAN 50,000 MT.

2 documents in project

Type	Lead/Public Agency	Received	Title
SIS	Pacific Fishery Management Council	1/29/1991	AMENDMENT 6 TO THE NORTHERN ANCHOVY FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
EA	Pacific Fishery Management Council	9/18/1990	AMENDMENT 6 TO THE NORTHERN ANCHOVY FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN