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Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultations on the Alaska Federal Fisheries and the ESA-Listed Bird Species

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Biological Assessment:

  • Section 7 Consultation - Biological Assessment on the Crab fisheries authorized under the Fishery Management Plan for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, March 29, 2002


    Biological Opinions:

  • Section 7 Consultation - Biological Opinion on the Effects of the Total Allowable Catch-Setting Process for the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fisheries to the Endangered Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) and Threatened Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), September 2003

  • Section 7 Consultation - Programmatic Biological Opinion on the effects of the Fishery Management Plans for the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries on the endangered short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) and threatened Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri), September 2003

  • Section 7 Consultation - Biological Opinion for 1999-2000 Hook-and-Line Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI), March 19, 1999
        - USFWS Letter to NMFS, January 10, 2001: Extension of 1999-2000 Biological Opinion

  • Section 7 Consultation - Biological Opinion for Pacific Halibut Fisheries in Waters Off Alaska, March 13, 1998

  • Spectacled Eider and Steller's Eider Critical Habitat regulations and economic analyses.



    Recovery Plans:

  • USFWS Draft Recovery Plan for the Short-tailed Albatross: Prepared by the Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team for USFWS, Region 7, Anchorage, Alaska, October 2005. (External link)


    • USFWS Section 7 Consultation Procedures and FAQarrow
    (External link)