Environmental Impact Statement for the Issuance of an Incidental Take Statement Under the Endangered Species Act for Salmon Fisheries in Southeast Alaska Subject to the Pacific Salmon Treaty and Funding to the State of Alaska

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October 3, 2024

Environmental Impact Statement for the Issuance of an Incidental Take Statement Under the Endangered Species Act for Salmon Fisheries in Southeast Alaska Subject to the Pacific Salmon Treaty and Funding to the State of Alaska

The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzes impacts of alternatives related to the issuance of an incidental take statement for species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act that are incidentally taken in the salmon fisheries in Southeast Alaska and funding to the State of Alaska to implement the Pacific Salmon Treaty.

NOAA Fisheries announces the publication of the Final EIS for the issuance of an incidental take statement for salmon fisheries in Southeast Alaska subject to the Pacific Salmon Treaty. The EIS also addresses the funding to the State of Alaska to implement the Pacific Salmon Treaty.

The Pacific Salmon Treaty provides a management framework for salmon fisheries in the United States and Canada, including salmon fisheries that occur in the ocean and inland waters and rivers flowing into these waters. Fisheries in federal and state waters off Southeast Alaska are managed consistent with the Pacific Salmon Treaty.

Compliance with the incidental take statement exempts participants in the Southeast Alaska salmon fisheries from the Endangered Species Act’s prohibition on incidental take of threatened and endangered species.