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NOAA Fisheries Strategic Plan
Our Vision
We envision a future in which:
| The American people are able to enjoy the wealth and benefits of diverse and self-sustaining living marine resources |
In this future, we would see:
- Sound conservation of living marine resources
- Socially and economically viable fisheries
- No human-caused threats to protected species
- Healthy living marine resource habitat
- Credible, high-quality science supporting the NOAA Fisheries mission and minimizing risk in management decision-making
- Trust and respect among all NOAA Fisheries constituents and customers
- Meaningful and effective communication with Councils, state, federal, tribal, trust and international partners
- Leadership supporting U.S. marine resource interests globally
- Use of emerging technologies and products, including environmentally sound aquaculture
- Fair and equitable consideration of all competing users and cultures
- Public confidence in the safety of seafood
This vision guides us in accomplishing our agency mission. Stewardship is more than just better data and more information. As stewards, we have an obligation to conserve, protect, and manage our living marine resources in a way that affords optimal economic opportunities, ensures their continuation as functional components of marine ecosystems, and enhances the quality of life for the American public.
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