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2. National Marine Fisheries Service - Wikipedia

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   NOAA Fisheries regulates commercial and recreational marine fishing in the United States under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Established in 1976, the MSA is the primary law governing marine fisheries conservation and management in U.S. federal waters.

3. Fishing industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   NMFS works in partnership with industry, universities, and state, local, and tribal agencies to collect data about commercial species. Fisheries observers on fishing vessels, transmit real time data electronically to NMFS. [5] NMFS works in partnership with the regional fishery management councils to prevent overfishing, and restore overfished ...

4. United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Wikipedia

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   The USFWS shares the responsibility for administering the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), an element of NOAA, with the NMFS responsible for marine species, the FWS responsible for freshwater fish and all other species, and the two organizations jointly managing species that occur in both marine ...

5. Salmon Is About To Be Nearly Impossible To Buy - AOL

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   A pending ban on wild-caught salmon fishing along the California coast might cause an increase in salmon prices. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...

6. Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

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   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 ...

7. North Pacific Fishery Management Council - Wikipedia

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   However the management plan does not have precedence over recreational fishing or Alaska-monitored fisheries in the Arctic region. The NOAA pushed for the prohibition of commercial fishing in the arctic region until research of the region can prove that a fishery is sustainable. Moreover, commercial activities regarding marine mammals and birds ...

8. Vessel monitoring system - Wikipedia

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   Treated as a research database, the cumulative position reports gives an analysis of fishing vessel tracks in search of fish. Coupled with species-specific fishing licenses and catch reports, fisheries managers can estimate the amount of a given fish in an area, the amount taken by fishing vessels, and project overfishing before it happens.

9. U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils - Wikipedia

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   U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils: Regional council Note Western Pacific: The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s jurisdiction includes the US exclusive economic zone (EEZ) waters (generally 3–200 miles offshore) around the State of Hawaii; US Territories of American Samoa and Guam; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); and the US Pacific remote ...