Final

Management Status

Draft Omnibus EFH Amendment 2 Environmental Impact Statement.

This document is divided into volumes as follows:

#1 Volume 1 – Executive summary, need and purpose; goals and objectives, management background; affected environment

#2 Volume 2 – Essential Fish Habitat and Habitat Area of Particular Concern designation alternatives; preliminary impacts analysis of the EFH and HAPC alternatives

#3 Volume 3 – Spatial management alternatives to designate habitat management areas, spawning management areas, and dedicated habitat research areas; preliminary impacts analysis of the spatial management alternatives

#4 Volume 4 – Applicable law, scoping information and public meetings, glossary

#5 Volume 5 – Appendices

#6 Decision document

#6a Decision document maps

#7 Additional impacts analysis related to sea scallop resource and fishery in the form of a memo from the Scallop PDT to the Habitat PDT

#7a Supplement to memo above: Additional impacts analysis related to sea scallop resource and fishery in the form of a memo from the Scallop PDT to the Habitat PDT

#8 Correspondence related to proposed Stellwagen Dedicated Habitat Research Area

#8a Additional Correspondence

#8b Additional Correspondence SERA

#8c Additional Correspondence SERA

#8d Additional Correspondence CLF

#9 Presentation: Habitat EFH Omnibus Amendment 2