FCOs will describe an individual community "wants" based I accept the ecological concepts and guiding principles. Continue to create favorable conditions and support efforts, development of environmental goals (EOS) describes the chemical, biological and physical needs of desired fish communities, are also considered an important step in successful Plan implementation. Joint Plan amendment (GLFC 1997) and continue to reaffirm expand on the need for developing EOS. | FISHERIES Leadership Sustainability ALLOCATION ACROSS THE REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILS Fisheries Leadership Sustainability Forum Stanford 2010 Forum September 19-22 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface and terminology 2 Acronyms 3 Tables 5 Executive Summary 6 Section 1 New England Fishery Management Council 9 Section 2 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council 12 Section 3 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council 15 Section 4 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council 18 Section 5 Caribbean Fishery Management Council 21 Section 6 Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council 23 Section 7 Pacific Fishery Management Council 26 Section 8 North Pacific Fishery Management Council 29 Appendix 1 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Allocation Policy 33 Appendix 2 Excerpt Pacific Fishery Management Council Groundfish 36 Strategic Plan Appendix 3 Excerpt Pacific Fishery Management Council Pacific Coast 37 Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Resources Resources 38 1 PREFACE The following report is an overview of allocation issues decisions and challenges across the eight regional fishery management councils. Allocation is broadly defined in the context of this report to include council actions which affect a group of stakeholders ability or privilege to harvest fishery resources in federal waters. This definition includes allocation issues that are framed as such as well as council decisions that are not intended as allocation decisions but have the effect of indirectly allocating catch to a group of stakeholders defined by location gear type or some other shared characteristic. Each of the following regional profiles highlights experiences with allocation as well as qualities of the allocation decisionmaking process that managers and stakeholders have identified as important to the region. The Fisheries Forum recognizes that allocation is an ongoing discussion at all eight of the regional councils. Each profile represents a snapshot in time. This report is not .
