Final Regulatory Impact Review for Amendment 112 to the Fishery Management plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management area and Amendment 102 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska An action for placing certain small catcher/processors in partial observer coverage February 2016

This Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis analyzes proposed management measures that would allow certain catcher/processors, with relatively small levels of groundfish production, to qualify for partial observer coverage under the annual observer deployment plan, in place of the full observer coverage normally required of catcher/processors. The cost-benefit analysis and small entity analysis in this document address the requirements of Executive Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, respectively. 2016 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) AKR (Alaska Region) OSF (Office of Sustainable Fisheries) AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center) Submitted Public Domain 1861