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THE ROLE OF NOAA AND NMFS |
PERTINENT NOAA WEBSITE LINKS |
KEY DOCUMENTS ON BILLFISH MANAGEMENT |
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| The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is the scientific US agency under the Department of Commerce responsible for monitoring and reporting the conditions of the oceans and atmosphere. NOAA has 6 divisions including the National Weather Service (NWS), the National Ocean Service (NOS), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). |
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1976 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Act | |||||||||||||||
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| 1988 Atlantic Billfish Management Plan | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1996 Modification of the Magnuson-Stevens Act | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1999 Amendments to 1988 Management Plan | |||||||||||||||||
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| NMFS is NOAA's division responsible for the management of the nation's fisheries within the United States' Exclusive Economic Zone, which extends seaward 200 nautical miles from the coastline. NMFS also regulates fisheries pursuant to decisions of "regional fishery management organizations" and follows ICCAT's guidelines. | 2001 The Petition presented to the NMFS. | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2002 SCRS 2002 stock assessment | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2003 SCRS stock assessment updates (section 2.4) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2003 Endangered listing unwarranted Pg 32-34 | |||||||||||||||||
| NOAA is required to send annual reports to Congress on the status of fishing stocks. While there has been success with rebuilding stocks for many marine species... | . | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 Final Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan | |||||||||||||||||
| ... Every report since 1998 has listed the white and blue marlin as "Overfished." | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007 Modifications to Magnuson-Stevens Act | |||||||||||||||||
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STATES AND FEDS ON DIFFERENT PAGES |
2011 Economic impact of recreational Atlantic HMS fishing. | ||||||||||||||||
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are a number of state and federal licenses, permits and registrations
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recreational anglers and boats before they can go billfishing.
Anglers catching a billfish must report the catch. If the catch occurred
while fishing a HMS tournament, the tournament does the reporting of the
angler's catch....
Except if the tournament is held in Maryland or North Carolina where: "Recreational landings of billfish, swordfish, bluefin tuna, and some sharks must be reported at state-operated reporting stations and not through this system." How does something like that happen? A "State-operated reporting station?" Really? |
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