NOAA Honors Fishery Management Councils On January 30, 2012, NOAA and NOAA Fisheries honored the eight fishery management councils for their role in shaping the science-based management of U.S. fisheries and the historic milestone to be achieved this year with the implementation of annual catch limits on all federally managed fisheries. These eight councils and […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Seeks Public Comment on the South Atlantic Comprehensive Annual Catch Limit Amendment NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking public comment on the Comprehensive Annual Catch Limit Amendment for the South Atlantic Region. The notice of availability for the Comprehensive Annual Catch Limit Amendment was published on October 20, 2011 (76 FR 65153), with […]
Atlantic States Schedule Hearings on Atlantic Menhaden Draft Addendum V Atlantic coastal states from Maine through North Carolina have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum V to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The dates, times, and locations of the scheduled meetings follow: Maine […]
NOAA Fisheries Announces Workshops on Protected Species Release, Disentanglement, and Identification and Atlantic Shark Identification in September NOAA Fisheries will hold free Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops in September of 2011. Certain fishermen and shark dealers are required to attend a workshop to meet regulatory requirements and […]
NOAA Fisheries releases Endangered Species Act Biennial Report to Congress On August 30, NOAA Fisheries released our Biennial Report to Congress on the Recovery Program for Threatened and Endangered Species. This report summarizes efforts to recover the 64 domestic species under NOAA Fisheries’ jurisdiction from October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2010. It includes accounts […]
U.S., European Union to strengthen cooperation to combat illegal fishing September 7, 2011 NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Maria Damanaki, European Union commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries, will sign a historic statement today pledging bilateral cooperation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, known as IUU fishing — a first for the longstanding […]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced today that $649,527 in fisheries enforcement penalties will be returned to 11 individuals or businesses after an independent review of their cases concluded the NOAA enforcement program had in some instances “overstepped the bounds of propriety and fairness.” In his decision memo issued today, Secretary Locke acted on 30 […]
The Road to End Overfishing: 35 Years of Magnuson Act Assistant Administrator for Fisheries Talks about the Cornerstone of Sustainable Fisheries As we look toward Earth Day next week, I want to acknowledge and highlight the 35 th anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Simply called “the Magnuson Act”, this law, its […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Announces Closure Date for the South Atlantic Recreational Black Sea Bass Fishery NOAA Fisheries Service has determined that the 2010-2011 recreational annual catch limit (ACL) of 409,000 pounds for black sea bass has been reached. As a result, the recreational sector for black sea bass in federal waters of the South Atlantic from […]
Here come catch shares: How NOAA and the Environmental Defense Fund plan to destroy North Carolina’s working watermen When my late father was 24 years old, he returned to Hatteras from Long Island, New York. He returned because the Great Depression had left him jobless and standing in a bread line. He came back home […]
