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Fisheries Management Sustainability is our business BELL Conference 19 July 2003. NOAA Fisheries. Oldest conservation agency in the nation Part of NOAA/Department of Commerce Approximately 3,000 employees Regionally-based agency. Mission.
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Fisheries Management Sustainability is our business BELL Conference 19 July 2003
NOAA Fisheries • Oldest conservation agency in the nation • Part of NOAA/Department of Commerce • Approximately 3,000 employees • Regionally-based agency
Mission • Stewardship of living marine resources for the benefit of the Nation through their science-based conservation and management and promotion of the health of their environment
Constituents • Commercial and Recreational fishermen and related industries • Subsistence fishermen • Environmental groups • Farmers, energy producers, timber industry, gravel miners, etc. • General public
People, Dollars, Food • 170,000 commercial fishers • 17 M recreational anglers • NMFS budget approx $800 M • Commercial fisheries = $29 B • Recreational fisheries = $25 B exp
…and Food • Per capita seafood consumption 16 lb/yr • Total landings = 4.3 M tons ($4.3B) • Total imports = $10 B • Total exports = $ 3 B • Aquaculture production = $1 B
Florida Fisheries: Commercial fishing • Nearly 8 thousand vessels • Over 10 thousand jobs • 260 thousand fishing trips • Landings of 100 m pounds • Over $700 m ex-vessel value
Florida Fisheries Recreational Fishing - 25 million trips - Over 5 million anglers - 59 m pounds landed - 2,600 jobs - Nearly $100 m sales
Stewardship Authorities • Magnuson-Stevens Act (Sustainable Fisheries Act) • Marine Mammal Protection Act • Endangered Species Act • Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act • Implementing legislation for international treaties, RFMOs
Saugus, MA New England Fishery Management Council Portland, OR Pacific Fishery Management Council Dover, DE Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Charleston, SC South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Tampa, FL Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Hato Ray, Puerto Rico Caribbean Fishery Management Council Honolulu, HI Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Anchorage, AK North Pacific Fishery Management Council Regional Fishery Management Councils
The Regulatory Process • Council process • Public input • Documentation for regulatory package • - NEPA analyses • - Small business impacts • - Benefit-cost analysis • - Protected species consultation
Where do businesses fit in? • MSA call for sustainable fisheries • MSA National Standard 8 • Analyses under NEPA • Regulatory Flexibility Act • Benefit-cost analyses for EO 12866
Challenges: Overfishing, Overcapacity, Bycatch • Fundamental changes of ‘96 reauthorization • Multiple mandates • Complex regulatory process • Litigation and consumer boycotts
International Fisheries Management • Mostly delegated to NOAA Fisheries, HQ and Regions • Numerous Regional Fishery Management Organizations • Numerous bilateral and multilateral agreements • Scientific work with other countries and organizations
Regional Challenges • Turtle/finfish bycatch in the shrimp fishery • Slow growth in the recreational fishery • Time/area closures for small swordfish
Challenges Ahead • Pew Report, Nature article • Presidential Ocean Commission • MSA and MMPA reauthorization • International management of seamounts • Growing interest in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Ecosystems