Hawaii FEP - Western Pacific Fishery Council

(B) in fishing year 2011 for all other fisheries; and(2) shall not apply to a fishery for species that have a life cycle of approximately 1 year unlessthe Secretary has determined the fishery is subject to overfishing of that species; and(3) shall not limit or otherwise affect the requirements of section 301(a)(1) or 304(e) of theMagnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1851(a)(1) or1854(e), respectively..The Council will continue the development of a mechanism(s) to meet the new requirements forspecifying ACLs including measures to ensure accountability and this FEP will undergo futureamendments to meet the new MSRA requirements. For additional information on NMFS’guidance regarding National Standard 1, please see 74 FR 3178.5.2.1 MSY Control Rule and Stock Status Determination CriteriaAn MSY control rule is a control rule that specifies the relationship of F to B or other indicatorof productive capacity under an MSY harvest policy. Because fisheries must be managed toachieve optimum yield, not MSY, the MSY control rule is a benchmark control rule rather thanan operational one. However, the MSY control rule is useful for specifying objective andmeasurable criteria for identifying when the fishery to which the plan applies is overfished thatare required under the MSA. The National Standard Guidelines (74 FR 3178) refer to thesecriteria as “status determination criteria” and state that they must include two limit referencepoints, or thresholds: one for F that identifies when overfishing is occurring and a second for Bor its proxy that indicates when the stock is overfished.Figure 20: Example MSY, Target, and Rebuilding Control Rules135