Specification of bigeye tuna catch and allocation limits for pelagic longline fisheries in U.S. Pacific Island Territories in 2015 and 2016, including a regulatory impact review : final supplemental environmental assessment

"NMFS prepared this Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Council on Environmental Quality Regulations at 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500-1508, and agency guidance on preparing NEPA documents. The SEA supplements the environmental assessment (EA) that NMFS completed on September 29, 2015, entitled 'EA for Specification of Bigeye Tuna Catch and Allocation Limits for Pelagic Longline Fisheries in U.S. Pacific Island Territories in 2015 and 2016, including a Regulatory Impact Review,' hereinafter, the 2015 EA. Specifically, this SEA describes new information relevant to sea turtles in the action area since September 2015, and provides additional analysis to help NMFS determine whether the Hawaii-deep set longline fishery operating under the proposed action in 2016 would result in significant environmental impacts to the human environment. We incorporate the 2015 EA by reference"--Summary.