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On January 12, 2007, President Bush signed the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006. The new law is groundbreaking in several respects: it mandates the use of annual catch limits and accountability measures to end overfishing, provides for widespread market-based fishery management through limited access programs, and calls for increased international cooperation.

• Overview Presentation (PDF)
• Implementation Tracking Report
  • MSRA Implementation: A 1-Year Status Report (PDF)
  • National Priorities (PDF) (4/4/08)
  • Other Required Tasks (PDF) (4/4/08)

Latest News

• NMFS Releases the Proposed Rule for New Environmental Review Procedures (PDF)
• NMFS Requests Comments on IFQ Program Referenda Guidance and Procedures for NEFMC and GMFMC, Through June 23, 2008
• NMFS releases report to Congress on the Implementation of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (PDF)
• NMFS Solicits Information from Public on Nations Whose Vessels are Engaged in IUU Fishing and Bycatch of PLMRs  (Through Apr 21, 2008) (PDF)
• NMFS Releases Report on Disclosure of Financial Interest and Recusal Requirements for Councils and SSCs Under MSRA (PDF)
• NMFS Releases Progress Report on Implementation of International Provisions Under MSRA (PDF)
• NMFS Provides Guidance to Heads of U.S. Delegations (PDF)
• NMFS Adopts the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (PDF)
• NMFS requests comments on research activities, exempted fishing, and exempted educational activities (PDF)
• NMFS Request for Comments on Fisheries Disaster Assistance
• Notice re: Bycatch and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing on the High Seas (PDF)
• Presentation (PDF)
• Public Comments on Environmental Review Procedures
  
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