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Sections 1.0- 2.0

• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• 1.0 - Introduction
• 2.0 - Background & Purpose

• 3.0 Skate FMP Goals and Objectives
• 4.0 Proposed Action
  
• 4.1 - 4.2 Management Unit - Fishing Year
  
• 4.3 - 4.4 MSY/OY - Overfishing Definitions
  
• 4.5 Rebuiliding Programs for Overfished Species
  

• 4.6 Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)

• 4.7 - 4.16 FMP Review and Monitoring - Management Measures in Other Fisheries

• 5.0 Alternatives to the Proposed Action
• 5.1 - 5.2 No Action & Non-Preferred Alternatives
• 5.3 Rejected Alternatives

• 6.0 Environmental Impacts
• 6.1 Biological Impacts

• 6.2 - 6.5 Impacts on Habitat/Protected Species
• 6.6 - 6.6 Economic Impacts/Social and Community Impacts

• 7.0 Description of Resource and Affected Environments
• 7.1 Biological Environment

Sections 7.2 - 7.3

• 7.2 - 7.3 Physical and Human Environment

Sections 8 - 10

• 8.0 Data and Research Needs
• 9.0 FMP Consistency with Magnuson-Stevens Act
• 10.0 Relationship to Applicable Law

Section 11

• 11.0 - 15.0 List of Preparers/Acronyms/Glossary/References/Public Meetings

  ERRATA
  

  Volume II 2000 Skate SAFE Report

  Volume III Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Supporting Documents - Available by contacting the Council Office