national bycatch
strategy
Bycatch Implementation Plans, Current Action Items, and Recent Progress Updates, by Program/Region
NOAA Fisheries Magnuson-Stevens
Act Website Online
On January 12, 2007, President Bush signed the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006. The Act includes several provisions
related to bycatch, including Section 316, which establishes a Bycatch Reduction
Engineering Program. You can learn about it all at this new website.
Evaluating Bycatch
Evaluating Bycatch: A National Approach to Standardized Bycatch Monitoring Programs [FINAL REPORT--11/04] (.PDF)
Press Release (.PDF) Strategy (.PDF)
Notice of Decision: Response to Oceana Petition, March 6, 2003 (.PDF)
Annual Report of the Activities of the International Bycatch Reduction Task Force
Managing the Nation's Bycatch
This comprehensive 1998 national bycatch plan, which had been out of print, was developed by NMFS with public comment over an 18-month period by a planning team made up of fisheries managers and scientists from all of the NMFS administrative regions.
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