Biological Impacts Sample Clauses

Biological Impacts. As analyzed in the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), staff has determined that the project could have impacts on two species of concern (giant garter snake and burrowing owl) as well as wetlands and some plant species. Mitigation measures required by the MND would reduce those impacts to a less than significant level. Construction of the project has the potential to affect any giant garter snakes that currently occupy the site. Implementation of standard avoidance measures recommended by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been incorporated in Mitigation Measure BIO-1 in the MND. The applicant has prepared an Interim Management Plan and a Long Term Specific Management Plan which outline the details of how the property will be maintained for the benefit of the giant garter snake. The two plans describe responsibilities that include, for example, management and maintenance of canals, gates, pumps, flashboard risers, and similar water management infrastructure; and management of wetland and upland vegetation to maintain habitat suitability for giant garter snake. The other animal species that could be affected is the burrowing owl. A mitigation measure requires that prior to any site grading or construction activity in both the breeding and non-breeding season, the applicant shall conduct burrowing owl surveys in conformance with CDFW burrowing owl recommendations. The applicant is not required to mitigate for loss of Xxxxxxxx'x hawk foraging habitat. According to the biological analysis, high-quality foraging habitat is limited in the vicinity of the site. The majority of the site and immediately surrounding areas are actively farmed rice, fallowed agricultural land, or wetlands. Rice and wetlands provide little to no foraging value due to poor accessibility to Swainson's hawk and relatively low prey populations. Fallowed agricultural land can support a constant prey base, but the vegetation structure (typically characterized by tall weeds) inhibits effective Swainson's hawk foraging. Approval of the project requires approvals by the two main wildlife agencies involved, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), since the garter snake is listed by both the federal and the state Endangered Species Act (ESA). However, the two Acts and the agencies have differing legal and bureaucratic requirements for approving "take" permits and approving the actual mitigation bank itself and authorizing mitigat...
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Biological Impacts. (ALTERNATIVE 1) The biological impacts of Alternative 1 have been analyzed extensively in the Amendment 13 FSEIS (the most recent FSEIS drafted under the NE Multispecies FMP). Target Species As stated above, Alternative 1 would lead to the conversion of most longline vessels to gillnet vessels. These vessels will not have a hard TAC to constrain them and with the more efficient gillnet gear offering them a wider array of species to target, these vessels are likely to reach their 1000 pound daily GB cod limit and continue fishing, discarding all further GB cod overboard. Non-target Species/Incidental Catch Effects on non-target species are expected to occur under Alternative 1 as a result of the shift from longlining and jigging to gillnetting. Gillnetting has interactions with a broader range of species then longlining, creating more opportunities for incidental catch. In addition, hook gear offers fishermen the opportunity to return discarded fish to the sea alive. Table 10 shows the difference in species interaction between gear types in all areas: Year Species Metric Tons (Gillnet) Metric Tons (Longline) 2002 SHARK, SPINY DOGFISH 805.4 1,042.9 * 2002 XXXXXXX 447.5 35.3 2002 SKATES 2,581.0 26.7 0000 XXXXXXX 1,615.1 25.9 2002 TILEFISH 1.0 23.1 2002 XXXX, WHITE 776.1 18.7 0000 XXXX 25.2 14.3 2002 FLOUNDER, WINTER 144.1 5.7 2002 FLOUNDER, YELLOWTAIL 126.7 1.5 2002 GOOSEFISH 5,410.9 8.5 0000 XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX 15.7 6.2 2002 BLUEFISH 84.6 2.2 2002 LOBSTER, AMERICAN 119.4 2002 FLOUNDER, SUMMER 62.9 2002 FLOUNDER, WITCH 60.5 2002 XXXX, SILVER 49.1 0000 XXXXXXX XX OCEAN PERCH 48.0 2002 PLAICE, AMERICAN 41.6 2002 MACKEREL, ATLANTIC 25.8 2002 SQUID, LONGFIN 21.1 2002 SCUPS OR PORGIES 11.6 2002 CRAB, JONAH 7.6 2002 SHARKS 6.8 2002 TAUTOG 6.8 2002 XXXX, RED 4.4 2002 SCALLOP, SEA 3.7 2002 WEAKFISH 2.9 2002 SEA BASS, BLACK 2.4 2002 HALIBUT, ATLANTIC 2.3 2002 BUTTERFISH 1.3 2002 TUNA, LITTLE TUNNY 1.1 Table 10- List of non target species interactions by gear type for bottom longline and sink gillnets in the Northeast Region. Information based on a NMFS landings database query for 2002 and filtered to show those species which were caught by bottom longline and sink gillnets in amounts greater than or equal to one (1) metric ton. This shows that with the application of this filter (≥ 1mt) sink gillnets interact with 31 non target species and bottom longline interacts with 12 non target species. Gillnets interacted with 19 more species than longline. (SPECIES LANDED UNDER...
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