Groundfish Library

• Background information
• Stock assessments and rebuilding plans
• Planning documents
• Hot topics
• Habitat

Background information

• A primer on groundfish. Basic information on the fish, how they are caught, how they are managed, and how to get involved in groundfish management
• Newsletter archives
• Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) document
• Fact sheet: Acronyms and definitions
• Fact sheet: Essential fish habitat
• Fact sheet: Geography of rockfish
• Fact sheet: Groundfish
• Fact sheet: Individual fishing quotas
• Fact sheet: Questions and answers about rebuilding plans
• Fact sheet: Understanding rebuilding analyses
• Fact sheet: Vessel monitoring systems

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Stock assessments and rebuilding plans

• Stock assessments
• Upcoming Assessments and STAR Panel schedule
• Rebuilding Plans
• Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) document

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Planning documents

• DRAFT Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed ABC/OY Specifications and Management Measures for the 2009-2010 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
• Groundfish Annual Specifications Environmental Impact Statements page
• Fishery management plan and amendments
• Groundfish Strategic Plan (October 2000) PDF file
• Groundfish environmental assessment/IRFA/RIR, December 2001
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC). Overcapitalization in the West Coast Groundfish Fishery: Background, Issues and Solutions. Pacific Fishery Management Council. March 16, 2000. (PDF)

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Hot topics

• Current issues

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Habitat

• Essential fish habitat environmental impact statement (NMFS website)
• Habitat Suitability Maps

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