Reauthorization Issues for the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Committees.

United States.

Ecology.

Fisheries.

Government information.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Addresses issues related to preauthorizing and amending the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA), which governs management and conservation of commercial and recreational fisheries in U.S. Federal waters. Discusses flexibility in ending overfishing and rebuilding overfished fisheries; uncertainty, data needs, and annual catch limits; limited access privilege programs known as catch shares; management process and decision making; ecosystem management; bycatch; and other issues. Explains relationship between MSFCMA and other selected laws, and reviews House and Senate committee proposals

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Reauthorization Issues for the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-RSI-0246

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