Final environmental assessment/regulatory impact review/initial regulatory flexibility analysis for a proposed amendment to the fishery management plan for groundfish of the GOA management area to add Pacific cod endorsements to western and central GOA fixed gear LLP licenses Final environmental assessment/regulatory impact review/initial regulatory flexibility analysis for a proposed amendment to the fishery management plan for groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska management area to add Pacific cod endorsements to western and central Gulf of Alaska fixed gear license limitation program licenses GOA Pacific cod LLP endorsements, secretarial review final, September 2010

"Amendment 86 would implement four distinct actions. First, a Pacific cod fishery endorsement would be added to license limitation program (LLP) licenses for fixed-gear in the directed Pacific cod fishery in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Second, Amendment 86 would exempt vessels using jig gear from the requirement to be assigned an LLP license. Third, Amendment 86 would modify the maximum length overall of some LLP licenses that are assigned a Pacific cod endorsement. Fourth, Amendment 86 would allow non-profit entities representing specific communities in the Central and Western GOA to request a limited number of nontransferrable Pacific cod endorsed LLP licenses. The Environmental Assessment provides decision makers and the public with an evaluation of the environmental, social, and economic effects of the proposed action"--Cover letter.