Economic Surveys Of American Samoa (ESAS), Guam, and the Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Small Boat-Based Fisheries

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to continue to collect information about fishing expenses in the American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) boat-based reef fish, bottomfish, and pelagic fisheries with which to conduct economic analyses that will improve fishery management in those fisheries; satisfy NMFS’ legal mandates under Executive Order 12866, the Magnuson-Steven Fishery Conservation and Management Act (U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act; and quantify achievement of the performances measures in the NMFS Strategic Operating Plans. These data will be collected in conjunction with catch and effort data already being collected in this fishery as part of its creel survey program. Participation in the economic data collection will be voluntary.

The latest form for Economic Surveys Of American Samoa (ESAS), Guam, and the Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Small Boat-Based Fisheries expires 2020-08-31 and can be found here.