Download or read book Magnuson-Stevens ACT Provisions - Annual Catch Limits - National Standard Guidelines (Us National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (Noaa) (2018 Edition) written by The Law Library and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Law Library presents the complete text of the Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions - Annual Catch Limits - National Standard Guidelines (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final action amends the guidelines for National Standard 1 (NS1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). This action is necessary to provide guidance on how to comply with new annual catch limit (ACL) and accountability measure (AM) requirements for ending overfishing of fisheries managed by Federal fishery management plans (FMPs). It also clarifies the relationship between ACLs, acceptable biological catch (ABC), maximum sustainable yield (MSY), optimum yield (OY), and other applicable reference points. This action is necessary to facilitate compliance with requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act to end and prevent overfishing, rebuild overfished stocks and achieve OY. This ebook contains: - The complete text of the Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions - Annual Catch Limits - National Standard Guidelines (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition) - A dynamic table of content linking to each section - A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure