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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), informally known as NOAA Fisheries, is a United States federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that is responsible for the stewardship of U.S. national marine resources.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. Division of Marine Fisheries, is responsible for managing and protecting North Carolina's Marine and Estuarine fisheries. [12] The North Carolina Marine Patrol under the Division of Marine Fisheries ensures protection of this resource. [13]
Upon the formation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the Department of Commerce on October 3, 1970, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries merged with the salt-water laboratories of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife to form today's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), an element of NOAA. [21]
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act; American Fisheries Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-277) Certificate of Legal Origin for Anadromous Fish Products (16 U.S.C. 1822 note, Section 801 (f) Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2401-2413) Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 2431-2444)
Eight regional fishery management councils, composed of representatives of the fishing industry and state fishery officials, prepare fishery management plans for approval and implementation by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which is an agency within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a part of the ...
In 2020, the National Marine Fisheries Service put a midwater trawler exclusion zone of 20 miles around Cape Cod. The restricted area was implemented but the rule was subsequently vacated by a ...
National Marine Fisheries Service; Nikolai M. Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography; North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission; North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission; Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
The Department of Marine and Fisheries was created on July 1, 1867, although it did not receive legislative authority until May 22, 1868. The department's political representative in Parliament was the minister of marine and fisheries, with the first minister having been Peter Mitchell.