The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), requesting comments on some of its guidelines. NMFS considered possible future adjustments to its implementing guidelines for National Standards 4, 8, or 9 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. NMFS revisited the guidelines in part because of “equity and environmental justice considerations that affect fishing communities that are currently or have been historically dependent on the resource.
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