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Description

The Division works directly with the Region¿s three fishery management councils established by Congress to perform the mandates of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. These mandates are accomplished through fishery management plans (FMPs) for marine finfish and invertebrates that support important commercial and recreational fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean and consider conservation and management issues, sociological and economic issues, and regulatory issues.

Child Items

Type Title
Project Caribbean
Project Gulf Of Mexico
Project South Atlantic

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Item Identification

Title: Sustainable Fisheries
Short Name: Sustainable Fisheries
Status: In Work
Abstract:

The Division works directly with the Region¿s three fishery management councils established by Congress to perform the mandates of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. These mandates are accomplished through fishery management plans (FMPs) for marine finfish and invertebrates that support important commercial and recreational fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean and consider conservation and management issues, sociological and economic issues, and regulatory issues.

Purpose:

To manage, protect, and conserve marine fishery resources inhabiting federal waters off the southeastern United States from North Carolina through Texas and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Conservation
None Sustainable Fisheries

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Alabama
None Florida
None Georgia
None Gulf
None Louisiana
None Mississippi
None North Carolina
None Puerto Rico
None South Atlantic
None South Carolina
None Texas
None Virgin Islands

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 43037
URL: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sf/sf.htm
Description:

Home Page Of Sustainable Fisheries Division

Child Items

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Project Caribbean
Project Gulf Of Mexico
Project South Atlantic

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 10926
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:10926
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2011-03-12 20:41+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2015-02-11
Owner Org: SERO
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2015-02-11
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2016-02-11