NOAA Fisheries - National Bycatch Strategy

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Bycatch Implementation Plans, Current Action Items, and Recent Progress Updates, by Program/Region

Implementation Plans	Current Action Items & Recent Progress Updates
Atlantic HMS (.PDF)	Atlantic HMS 2009-10 (.PDF)
Northeast Region (.PDF)	Northeast Region 2009-10 (.PDF)
Southeast Region (.PDF)	Southeast Region 2009-10 (.PDF)
Southwest Region (.PDF)	Southwest Region 2009-10 (.PDF)
Northwest Region (.PDF)	Northwest Region 2009-10 (.PDF)
Alaska Region (.PDF)	Alaska Region 2009-10 (.PDF)
Pacific Islands Region (.PDF)	Pacific Islands Region 2009-10 (.PDF)

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 Nations's Bycatch Report 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.