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8.2.4 Fishery Data Requirements................................................................................. 2228.2.5 Description of EFH............................................................................................. 2228.2.6 Fishery Impact Statement ................................................................................... 2228.2.7 Overfishing Criteria ............................................................................................ 2238.2.8 Bycatch Reporting .............................................................................................. 2238.2.9 Recreational Catch and Release.......................................................................... 2248.2.10 Description of Fishery Sectors............................................................................ 2258.2.11 National Standards for Fishery Conservation and Management ........................ 2258.3 Essential Fish Habitat ................................................................................................. 2278.4 Coastal Zone Management Act................................................................................... 2288.5 Endangered Species Act ............................................................................................. 2288.6 Marine Mammal Protection Act ................................................................................. 2308.7 National Environmental Policy Act............................................................................ 2328.8 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)................................................................................ 2328.9 Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)............................................................................... 2328.10 Executive Order 12866 ............................................................................................... 2338.11 Information Quality Act.............................................................................................. 2338.12 Executive Order 13112 ............................................................................................... 2348.13 Executive Order 13089 ............................................................................................... 2348.14 Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument..................................................... 235CHAPTER 9: STATE, LOCAL AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.................................. 2369.1 Introduction................................................................................................................. 2369.2 State of Hawaii............................................................................................................ 2369.3 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuges and Units.................................................................. 2379.4 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve ............................... 2379.5 Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary............................... 2389.6 Department of Defense Naval Defensive Sea Areas .................................................. 239CHAPTER 10: DRAFT REGULATIONS ................................................................................. 240CHAPTER 11: REFERENCES .................................................................................................. 241viii
LIST OF TABLESTable 1: Hawaii Archipelago Bottomfish Management Unit Species............................................ 9Table 2: Hawaii Archipelago Crustaceans Management Unit Species ........................................ 10Table 3: Hawaii Archipelago Precious Corals Management Unit Species................................... 10Table 4: Hawaii Archipelago Coral Reef Ecosystem Management Units Species, CurrentlyHarvested Coral Reef Taxa........................................................................................................... 11Table 5: Hawaii Archipelago Coral Reef Ecosystem Management Unit Species, PotentiallyHarvested Coral Reef Taxa........................................................................................................... 16Table 6: FEP Advisory Panel and Sub-panel Structure................................................................ 20Table 7: Non-ESA Listed Marine Mammals of the Western Pacific ........................................... 80Table 8: Hawaii’s Gross State Product ......................................................................................... 83Table 9: Hawaii’s “Export” Industries.......................................................................................... 84Table 10: Hawaii Employment Statistics...................................................................................... 85Table 11: Hawaii Cost of Living Comparison.............................................................................. 85Table 12: Ex-vessel Revenues from Hawaii’s Demersal Fisheries .............................................. 88Table 13. Summary of Unique CML numbers by Area Fished.................................................... 90Table 14. Catch and Bycatch in the NWHI Fishery ..................................................................... 95Table 15: NWHI Lobster Permit Holder Entry/Exit Pattern ...................................................... 105Table 16: Volume and Value of Black Coral Landings in Hawaii 1990-1997........................... 114Table 17: MSY Estimates for Precious Corals in the Makapuu Bed.......................................... 118Table 18: OY values (Harvest Quotas) for Hawaii Precious Corals .......................................... 119Table 19: MHI Top Ten Catches of Coral Reef Associated Species 2000-2005 ....................... 122Table 20: Overfishing Threshold Specifications:Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Stocks144Table 21: Recruitment Overfishing Control Rule Specifications: Bottomfish and SeamountGroundfish Stocks....................................................................................................................... 145Table 22: Archipelagic Reference Values for the Dynamic Production Model (2004 data)...... 146Table 23: Overfishing Threshold Specifications: NWHI Lobster Stocks .................................. 158Table 24: Rebuilding Control Rule Specifications: NWHI Lobster Stocks ............................... 158Table 25: Estimates of MSY of Precious Corals in the Makapuu Bed....................................... 164Table 26: Precious Coral Harvest Quotas................................................................................... 164Table 27: CPUE-based Overfishing Limits and Reference Points: Coral Reef Species ............ 168Table 28: Change in Landings for Selected Hawaii CHCRT, 1948-1952 vs. 1995-1999.......... 171Table 29: Occurrence of Currently Harvested Management Unit Species................................. 183Table 30: Occurrence of Currently Harvested Management Unit Species: AquariumTaxa/Species ............................................................................................................................... 188Table 31: Summary of EFH Designations for Currently Harvested Coral Reef Taxa ............... 190Table 32: Occurrence of Potentially Harvested Coral Reef Taxa............................................... 193Table 33: Summary of EFH Designations for Potentially Harvested Coral Reef Taxa ............. 196Table 34: EFH and HAPC Designations for Hawaii Archipelago FEP MUS............................ 199Table 35: Coral Reef Ecosystem HAPC Designations in the Hawaii Archipelago.................... 202Table 36: Threats to Coral Reefs in the Hawaii Archipelago..................................................... 206Table 37: FEP Advisory Panel and Sub-panel Structure............................................................ 215Table 38: Bycatch Reporting Methodology for Hawaii Archipelago Demersal Fisheries......... 224Table 39: EFH and HAPC for MUS of the Western Pacific Region.......................................... 227ix
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Page 6 and 7: TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Page 12 and 13: LIST OF FIGURESFigure 1: Western Pa
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Page 16 and 17: DEFINITIONSAdaptive Management: A p
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Page 22 and 23: CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1.1 Introduc
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Page 28 and 29: Objective 7: To promote the safety
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hydrogen sides and a negative charg
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Figure 5: Depth Profile of Ocean Zo
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southern boundary of the Subartic F
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Near the equator, intense solar hea
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The Caroline Islands (~850 square m
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(~436 square miles) and Savai`i (~6
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and include fish, mollusks, crustac
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Figure 10: Benthic EnvironmentSourc
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eefs are often too slow to keep up
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factors, control coral reef communi
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Kauai: Kauai is the oldest and wett
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A major portion of the primary prod
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parts of banks may be composed of r
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size of the reef area surveyed, bas
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The families of bottomfish and seam
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the mesopelagic community migration
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Physical and biological oceanograph
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Migratory routes of leatherback tur
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seem to have a more carnivorous die
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turtles outnumber adults 100:1. The
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Humpback whales migrate through wat
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The 2004 U.S. Pacific Marine Mammal
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Historically, the short-tailed alba
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Table 9: Hawaii’s “Export” In
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Cost of Living Analysis: Ratio of H
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annual fishery ex-vessel revenues o
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State catch reports reporting their
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1200(1000 lbs)100080060040020001986
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sources have been used to assess by
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Protected Species InteractionsThe 1
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• Killer whale (Orcinus orca)•
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levels for all fisheries, and a pro
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annually) to meet the FMP’s overf
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4.2.4 Bottomfish MSYA 2009 report b
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is not recorded by NMFS, dockside r
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percentage of the total catch if me
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4.3.3 Status of Crustaceans Fishery
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maneuverable tools to harvest indiv
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• Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides
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MSYs for the Makapuu Established Be
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3. A moratorium on gold coral harve
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estrictions for sale or for capture
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Seine nets are actively deployed ar
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4.5.3 Status of Coral Reef Fisherie
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commercial harvests of the “red f
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commercial catches and to count the
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The National Standard Guidelines fo
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Source: Restrepo et al. 1998In Figu
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from having fallen below MSST. In t
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vessel that landed at least 6,000lb
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By June 30 of each year, a Council-
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In addition to the thresholds MFMT
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The best information available is u
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More recently, PIFSC published a st
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The fishery management area for the
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Hawaii. In addition, the holder of
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5.4.6 Closed SeasonsLobster fishing
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was related to the lobster fishery,
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ecommendation of Restrepo et al. (1
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Figure 22: Combination of Control R
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cm) from the top surface of the liv
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Table 25: Estimates of MSY of Preci
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5.6.2 NotificationAny special permi
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Clearly, any given species that is
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Weke CPUE120100Pounds per record806
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1948-1952 aggregate 1995-1999 aggre
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CHAPTER 6: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCR
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eviewing and refining EFH designati
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The eggs and larvae of all BMUS are
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juvenile and adult spiny lobster is
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Instead, the Council designated the
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Species Ma La Es SB Ss Cr/Hs Pr Sz
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Species Ma La Es SB Ss Cr/Hs Pr Sz
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Table 30: Occurrence of Currently H
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Table 31: Summary of EFH Designatio
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Species Assemblage/Complex EFH (Egg
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MUS/Taxa Ma La Es SB Ss Cr/Hs Pr DS
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MUS/Taxa Ma La Es SB Ss Cr/Hs Pr DS
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The relatively long pelagic larval
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BottomfishandSeamountGroundfishSpec
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Table 35: Coral Reef Ecosystem HAPC
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necessary at this time. However, th
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Table 36: Threats to Coral Reefs in
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• Biological availability of toxi
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9. The best land management practic
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maximum extent possible. Sampling d
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Species• The
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SubsistencerepresentativesEcosystem
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island society. Rapid changes in th
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The Council is serving as a role mo
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CHAPTER 8: CONSISTENCY WITH APPLICA
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Table 38: Bycatch Reporting Methodo
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The measures in this FEP are consis
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MUSEFH(Juveniles and Adults)EFH(Egg
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The management and conservation mea
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deterrence provisions set forth in
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conservation measures to proceed. I
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CHAPTER 9: STATE, LOCAL AND OTHER F
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when on June 15, 2006, President Ge
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CHAPTER 10: PROPOSED REGULATIONSIn
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Symp. on Sea Turtle Biology and Con
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Cliffton K., D. Cornejo, R., and Fe
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Druffel, E. R. M., Griffin, S., Wit
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Pacific. In K. Bjorndal, ed. Biolog
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Hodge, R. and B. Wing. 2000. Occurr
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Khang S.E. and R.Grigg. 2005. Impac
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turtle species known to date. FAO s
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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Ser
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Reina, R .D., P. A. Mayor, J. R. Sp
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Smith, S.V. 1978. Coral-reef area a
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Wakeford, R. 2005. Personal Communi
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