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Ecosystem-Based Management Makes a Splash In NOAA Fisheries’ In 2005 Budget Request


A key goal of NOAA’s new strategic plan is to protect, restore and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem-based approaches to management. The President’s 2005 budget request moves this effort forward by dedicating $1.158 billion to ecosystem management, an increase of over $145 million. As NOAA’s lead agency for ecosystem management, NOAA Fisheries’ and the living marine resources they manage will receive the majority of this investment. The primary focus of these investments is continuing to improve the collection of scientific data on which the management of living marine resources depends. Highlights include:




$33.8 million increase to complete construction of a third acoustically quiet fisheries survey vessel to collect data for stock assessments on 54 fish species in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Caribbean, including shrimp, snapper, grouper, shark, tuna and swordfish.


$9.9 million increase to expand and modernize the data collected by fisheries observers in 15 fisheries, including Northeast Groundfish. Observers are currently deployed in 43 fisheries, with an adequate level of coverage in only 29.


$6.0 million increase to more adequately assess fish stocks around the country, including monkfish, white and blue marlin, thornyhead and yellowtail rockfish, Pacific mackerel and bottomfish around Hawaii.


$5.3 million increase to expand the use of satellite monitoring of commercial fishing vessels for enforcement of fishing rules and collection of scientific data.


$12.0 million increase for research and management programs to help restore 12 species of threatened and endangered salmon in the Pacific Northwest and the Klamath Basin.


$2.0 million more to conduct additional surveys and improve population estimates and predictive models for whales, loggerhead sea turtles and other key species.


Additional information regarding budget details and program highlights will be posted to our Management & Budget web page in coming weeks so keep checking. For a copy of NOAA’s 2005 request go to http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2162.htm


Ecosystem-Based Management Makes a Splash In NOAA Fisheries’ In 2005 Budget Request


A key goal of NOAA’s new strategic plan is to protect, restore and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem-based approaches to management. The President’s 2005 budget request moves this effort forward by dedicating $1.158 billion to ecosystem management, an increase of over $145 million. As NOAA’s lead agency for ecosystem management, NOAA Fisheries’ and the living marine resources they manage will receive the majority of this investment. The primary focus of these investments is continuing to improve the collection of scientific data on which the management of living marine resources depends. Highlights include:




$33.8 million increase to complete construction of a third acoustically quiet fisheries survey vessel to collect data for stock assessments on 54 fish species in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Caribbean, including shrimp, snapper, grouper, shark, tuna and swordfish.


$9.9 million increase to expand and modernize the data collected by fisheries observers in 15 fisheries, including Northeast Groundfish. Observers are currently deployed in 43 fisheries, with an adequate level of coverage in only 29.


$6.0 million increase to more adequately assess fish stocks around the country, including monkfish, white and blue marlin, thornyhead and yellowtail rockfish, Pacific mackerel and bottomfish around Hawaii.


$5.3 million increase to expand the use of satellite monitoring of commercial fishing vessels for enforcement of fishing rules and collection of scientific data.


$12.0 million increase for research and management programs to help restore 12 species of threatened and endangered salmon in the Pacific Northwest and the Klamath Basin.


$2.0 million more to conduct additional surveys and improve population estimates and predictive models for whales, loggerhead sea turtles and other key species.


Additional information regarding budget details and program highlights will be posted to our Management & Budget web page in coming weeks so keep checking. For a copy of NOAA’s 2005 request go to http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2162.htm