Welcome to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service). NOAA Fisheries Service is dedicated to the stewardship of living marine resources through science-based conservation and management, and the promotion of healthy ecosystems.
As a steward, NOAA Fisheries Service conserves, protects, and manages living marine resources in a way that ensures their continuation as functioning components of marine ecosystems, affords economic opportunities, and enhances the quality of life for the American public.
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Fishery Management Council Appointments Announced
The Commerce Department has announced the appointment of 30 new and returning members to the eight regional fishery management councils – important partners with NOAA Fisheries in determining how ocean fisheries are managed. Council members represent diverse interests: commercial and recreational fisheries, environmental concerns and academia. > read more
The Commerce Department has announced the appointment of 30 new and returning members to the eight regional fishery management councils – important partners with NOAA Fisheries in determining how ocean fisheries are managed. Council members represent diverse interests: commercial and recreational fisheries, environmental concerns and academia. > read more
Comments on Gulf Aquaculture Plan Due August 3
NOAA's 60-day public comment period for the Fishery Management Plan for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico runs through August 3, 2009. The purpose of the proposed plan is to establish a regional permitting process to manage the development of an environmentally sound and economically sustainable aquaculture industry in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Comments are being accepted online and by mail. > read more
NOAA's 60-day public comment period for the Fishery Management Plan for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico runs through August 3, 2009. The purpose of the proposed plan is to establish a regional permitting process to manage the development of an environmentally sound and economically sustainable aquaculture industry in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Comments are being accepted online and by mail. > read more
NOAA Fisheries Service Report to Congress Identifies Four More Stocks Rebuilt
For 2008, stocks of Atlantic bluefish, Gulf of Mexico king mackerel and two stocks of monkfish in the Atlantic were declared rebuilt to allow for continued sustainable fishing. This is the largest number of stocks to be declared rebuilt in a single year since the fisheries service declared the first stock successfully rebuilt in 2001. > read more
For 2008, stocks of Atlantic bluefish, Gulf of Mexico king mackerel and two stocks of monkfish in the Atlantic were declared rebuilt to allow for continued sustainable fishing. This is the largest number of stocks to be declared rebuilt in a single year since the fisheries service declared the first stock successfully rebuilt in 2001. > read more
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