| Southeast Fisheries Science Center
ABOUT SEFSC
The
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
conducts multi-disciplinary research programs to provide management
information to support national and regional programs of NMFS; and to
respond to the needs of Regional Fishery Management Councils,
Interstate and International Fishery Commission, Fishery Development
Foundations, government agencies, and the general public.
The
Center provides supervisory and
administrative support to large marine ecosystems programs performing
fishery research, collecting and reporting on statistical data and
controlling and operating Center data management support systems. It
develops the scientific information base required for fishery resource
conservation, fishery
development and utilization, habitat conservation, and protection of
marine mammals
and endangered species, the impact analyses and environmental
assessments for management plans and/or international negotiations; and
pursues research to
answer specific needs in the subject areas of population dynamics,
fishery economics, fishery engineering, food science, and fishery
biology.
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