Regulatory amendment to revise catch reporting requirements in the Atlantic herring fishery, including the environmental assessment (EA), regulatory impact review (RIR), and initial regulatory flexibility analysis (IRFA) Environmental assessment (EA) for a catch reporting rulemaking in the Atlantic herring fishery

"This action revises the reporting requirements for vessels issued Atlantic herring (herring) permits, because more timely catch information is necessary to monitor herring catch against the stock-wide herring annual catch limit (ACL) and herring management area sub-ACLs, to help prevent sub-ACLs overages, and to reduce the chance of premature fishery closures. This action requires limited access herring vessels to report catch daily via vessel monitoring systems, open access herring vessels to report catch weekly via the interactive voice response system, and all herring-permitted vessels to submit vessel trip reports weekly"--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of two related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.