Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Regulatory Flexibility Analysis/Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Analysis : Cordell Bank Fishery Regulation Changes

This Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis/Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Analysis (EA/RIR/RFAA/MSA) analyzes a management measure that applies exclusively to the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. Specifically, this management measure removes the Cordell Bank Groundfish Conservation Area for all groundfish fisheries and implements a new Groundfish Exclusion Area for all groundfish fisheries within the same footprint as the Cordell Bank (50 fm isobath) bottom contact Essential Fish Habitat Conservation Area.