Worksheet Description

California Baseline IM&E and IM&E reductions at all regulated facilities in the 

California region

Great Lakes Baseline IM&E and IM&E reductions at all regulated facilities in the Great 

Lakes region

Gulf of Mexico Baseline IM&E and IM&E reductions at all regulated facilities in the Gulf 

of Mexico region

Inland Baseline IM&E and IM&E reductions at all regulated facilities in the Inland 

region

Mid-Atlantic Baseline IM&E and IM&E reductions at all regulated facilities in the MidAtlantic region

North Atlantic Baseline IM&E and IM&E reductions at all regulated facilities in the North 

Atlantic region

South Atlantic Baseline IM&E and IM&E reductions at all regulated facilities in the South 

Atlantic region

All Regions Baseline IM&E and IM&E reductions at all regulated facilities in all 

regions

A1E Distributions 2014.xls

Author: Abt Associates Inc.

Created: 01/24/14

Purpose: Summary tables for the distribution of A1E reductions among regions, harvested and forage species.

File Info Page 1 of 1
IM&EM Loss Metric (per year)

Proposal 

Option 4

Final

Rule

Proposal 

Option 2

All Species (million A1E) 0.68 0.73 31.52 51.55

Forage Species (million A1E) 0.17 0.18 15.00 24.56

Commercial & Recreational Species (million A1E) 0.50 0.54 16.52 26.98

Commercial & Recreational Harvest (million fish) 0.05 0.06 1.76 2.88

A1E Losses with Direct Use Value (%) 8.0% 8.0% 5.6% 5.6%

Source: U.S. EPA analysis for this report

Reductions in Losses

Baseline 

Losses

California Page 1 of 1
IM&EM Loss Metric (per year)

Proposal 

Option 4

Final

Rule

Proposal 

Option 2

All Species (million A1E) 184.04 202.58 248.47 261.26

Forage Species (million A1E) 175.88 193.58 230.50 240.01

Commercial & Recreational Species (million A1E) 8.16 9.00 17.97 21.25

Commercial & Recreational Harvest (million fish) 2.58 2.84 3.98 4.35

A1E Losses with Direct Use Value (%) 1.4% 1.4% 1.6% 1.7%

Source: U.S. EPA analysis for this report

Reductions in Losses

Baseline 

Losses

Great Lakes Page 1 of 1
IM&EM Loss Metric (per year)

Proposal 

Option 4

Final

Rule

Proposal 

Option 2

All Species (million A1E) 38.82 40.29 103.42 147.01

Forage Species (million A1E) 4.88 5.06 31.69 50.15

Commercial & Recreational Species (million A1E) 33.94 35.22 71.73 96.86

Commercial & Recreational Harvest (million fish) 5.15 5.35 9.83 12.92

A1E Losses with Direct Use Value (%) 13.3% 13.3% 9.5% 8.8%

Source: U.S. EPA analysis for this report

Reductions in Losses

Baseline 

Losses

Gulf of Mexico Page 1 of 1
IM&EM Loss Metric (per year)

Proposal 

Option 4

Final

Rule

Proposal 

Option 2

All Species (million A1E) 348.12 361.55 632.19 755.97

Forage Species (million A1E) 324.34 336.25 507.31 599.13

Commercial & Recreational Species (million A1E) 23.79 25.31 124.88 156.84

Commercial & Recreational Harvest (million fish) 3.57 3.73 9.70 11.90

A1E Losses with Direct Use Value (%) 1.0% 1.0% 1.5% 1.6%

Source: U.S. EPA analysis for this report

Reductions in Losses

Baseline 

Losses

Inland Page 1 of 1
IM&EM Loss Metric (per year)

Proposal 

Option 4

Final

Rule

Proposal 

Option 2

All Species (million A1E) 30.50 32.99 551.90 630.97

Forage Species (million A1E) 11.63 12.75 415.46 475.89

Commercial & Recreational Species (million A1E) 18.87 20.25 136.44 155.08

Commercial & Recreational Harvest (million fish) 4.68 5.01 18.20 20.51

A1E Losses with Direct Use Value (%) 15.3% 15.2% 3.3% 3.3%

Source: U.S. EPA analysis for this report

Reductions in Losses

Baseline 

Losses

Mid-Atlantic Page 1 of 1
IM&EM Loss Metric (per year)

Proposal 

Option 4

Final

Rule

Proposal 

Option 2

All Species (million A1E) 0.40 0.93 44.40 57.86

Forage Species (million A1E) 0.35 0.77 34.80 45.34

Commercial & Recreational Species (million A1E) 0.05 0.16 9.60 12.52

Commercial & Recreational Harvest (million fish) <0.01 0.02 0.91 1.19

A1E Losses with Direct Use Value (%) 1.5% 1.8% 2.1% 2.1%

Source: U.S. EPA analysis for this report

Reductions in Losses

Baseline 

Losses

North Atlantic Page 1 of 1
IM&EM Loss Metric (per year)

Proposal 

Option 4

Final

Rule

Proposal 

Option 2

All Species (million A1E) 11.61 12.93 25.60

Forage Species (million A1E) 10.98 12.21 23.91

Commercial & Recreational Species (million A1E) 0.63 0.72 1.69

Commercial & Recreational Harvest (million fish) 0.09 0.10 0.27

A1E Losses with Direct Use Value (%) 0.7% 0.8% 1.0%

Source: U.S. EPA analysis for this report

Reductions in Losses

South Atlantic Page 1 of 1
IM&EM Loss Metric (per year)

Proposal 

Option 4

Final

Rule

Proposal 

Option 2

All Species (million A1E) 614.16 652.00 1637.49 1930.97

Forage Species (million A1E) 528.22 560.80 1258.67 1459.70

Commercial & Recreational Species (million A1E) 85.94 91.20 378.82 471.28

Commercial & Recreational Harvest (million fish) 16.13 17.11 44.66 54.02

A1E Losses with Direct Use Value (%) 2.6% 2.6% 2.7% 2.8%

Source: U.S. EPA analysis for this report

Reductions in Losses

Baseline 

Losses

All Regions Page 1 of 1