Fisheries Management Sustainability is our business BELL Conference 19 July 2003
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Fisheries ManagementSustainability 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
Northwest RegionRegional Office: Seattle, WA (Sand Point)Science Center: Seattle, WA (Montlake)Laboratories Seattle, WA Newport, OR
Alaska RegionRegional Office: Juneau, AKScience Center: Seattle, WA (Sand Point)Laboratories Seattle, WA Auke Bay, AK Kodiak, AK
Southwest RegionRegional Office: Long Beach, CAScience Center: La Jolla, CALaboratories: Santa Cruz,
Pacific Island Region Regional Office and Science Center: Honolulu, HI
Northeast RegionRegional Office: Gloucester , MAScience Center: Woods Hole, MALaboratories Woods Hole, MA Narragansett, RI Milford, CT Highlands, NJ Washington, DC
Southeast RegionRegional Office: St. Petersburg, FLScience Center: Miami, FLLaboratories Miami, FL Beaufort, NC Panama City, FL Pascagoula, MS Galveston, TX
NMFS HeadquartersSilver Spr ing, MD
Regions
NMFS Field Structure
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
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Stewardship Authorities
• Magnuson-Stevens Act (Sustainable Fisheries Act)
• Marine Mammal Protection Act
• Endangered Species Act
• Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act
• Implementing legislation for international treaties, RFMOs
Regional Fishery Management Councils
Saugus, MANew England Fishery Management Council
Charleston, SCSouth Atlantic Fishery Management Council
Dover, DEMid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
Tampa, FLGulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
Hato Ray, Puerto Rico Caribbean Fishery Management Council
Honolulu, HIWestern Pacific Fishery Management Council
Anchorage, AKNorth Pacific Fishery Management Council
Portland, ORPacific Fishery Management Council
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
Thank you!