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Image: NOAA Enforcement Continues the Fight against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
Image: NOAA Enforcement Seeks Tips About a Live Dolphin Impaled in Head
Image: NOAA Enforcement Fines Seafood Importer for Violating Seafood Import Monitoring Rules

NOAA Enforcement works with partners to prevent lethal interactions between whales and fishing gear

Regulations have been put in place to reduce the risk of serious injury and death of large whales caused by entanglement in U.S. commercial trap/pot and gillnet fishing gear.
Image: NOAA Enforcement works with partners to prevent lethal interactions between whales and fishing gear

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement Offers Rewards For Information on Unpermitted Fishing Charters in the Southeast

Rewards may be given, on a case-by-case basis, to individuals who provide information concerning unpermitted moratorium charter activity that leads to a successful prosecution of these charter boats operations.
Image: NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement Offers Rewards For Information on Unpermitted Fishing Charters in the Southeast

As Magnuson-Stevens Act Turns 40, One Law Enforcement Special Agent Remembers the Implementation, Transition

It was April 13, 1976, when President Gerald Ford signed into law the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the platform on which America relies for the stewardship, sustainability, and recovery of the nation’s living marine resources. That same spring the NOAA Office
Image: As Magnuson-Stevens Act Turns 40, One Law Enforcement Special Agent Remembers the Implementation, Transition

Law Enforcement Staff begin Port State Measures Training with U.S. Territories, then International Partners

In June the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) entered into force globally, marking a major milestone in the effort to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. To maximize the effectiveness of the PSMA, broad implementation is critical
Image: Law Enforcement Staff begin Port State Measures Training with U.S. Territories, then International Partners

Law Enforcement Office closes a successful investigation after numerous Observers filed complaints against an Alaskan-based vessel

A big win for Alaskan observer safety has come in the investigation of the Alaskan-based fishing vessel Aleutian Sable. “This was a large, time-consuming investigation involving many violations, victims, and witnesses,” said Kevin Heck, Assistant Spe
Image: Law Enforcement Office closes a successful investigation after numerous Observers filed complaints against an Alaskan-based vessel