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The purpose of this project is to ensure that the Virginia Marine Resources Commission maintains and enhances its finfish enforcement efforts, in particular the enforcement of those regulations promulgated to implement the fishery management plans of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC).

The increased work load associated with the development and implementation of fisheries managed under Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Fishery Management Plans (FMP) has resulted in increased demands upon staff time. These FMP's require additional data collection, permits and exchange of infonnation. Ideally, additional permanent ...

The passage of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (ACFCMA) in 1993 placed additional responsibilities on Atlantic coast states to cooperatively manage interjurisdictional species through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC). Currently there are ten ASMFC species management plans that the state of New Hampsh ...

The Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife is continuing programs to supplement coastal fisheries management under the provisions of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act. Activities reported in this report cover the period October 1, 1996 through August 31, 1997. Activities are summarized according to the Objectives in the prog ...

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries participates in ACFCMA by continuing to enhance it's staff capabilities in the areas of Information Systems, Fisheries Economics and Population Dynamics. Specifically, these enhanced capabilities will allow the Division to develop and conduct more efficient quota monitoring systems, evaluate economic a ...

The Chesapeake Bay American Eel Fishery Management Plan was developed by the Chesapeake Bay Program in 1991 and adopted by all jurisdictions of the Chesapeake Bay. The Plan suggested continued collection of catch per unit effort data from the Chesapeake Bay eel fishery and recommended that all jurisdictions implement research to obtain basic biolog ...

This project performs specialized tasks for Maryland's striped bass limited entry system. This includes issuing permit cards and harvest tags, monitoring the harvest, analyzing catch and effort data, and conducting a pound net survey to address allocation issues.

With the passage of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act of 1993 (Act) and later certification of $163,400 of federal funds to New Jersey for fiscal year 1996, a number of new planning, research, monitoring and enforcement activities were initiated to address compliance issues of several Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commiss ...

An Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) mixed-stock fishery operating from August through October exists off the coast of Greenland and primarily harvests 1 sea-winter (1SW) North American and European origin salmon destined to return to natal waters as 2 sea-winter (2SW) spawning adults. To collect data on the biological characteristics and origin of the ...

This report presents the key findings of work conducted between 2014 and 2022 to provide reference data of seagrass habitat metrics for the Island of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This work is an integral component of the Culebra Ridge-to-Reef Monitoring Program, a spatiotemporally coordinated effort designed to evaluate the effectiveness of NOAA managemen ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) conducted biological sampling for fish populations and communities, and for coral populations and benthic communities along Florida’s Coral Reef in 2024. NCRMP surveys are completed every other year in Florida, normally during even-numbered y ...

Freshwater ecosystems have been significantly transformed by human impacts on watersheds, resulting in major decreases in the abundance and diversity of fish populations. To address these transformations, increased fish abundance is a common motivator of river restoration projects. Despite the central importance of fish as a provider of numerous ec ...

The Fifth International Marine Debris Conference (5IMDC) was the first international conference on marine debris in over a decade and the largest gathering devoted to the subject yet convened. The US Government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) partnered to organize the conf ...

The science of microplastics has expanded in the two years between the first and second microplastics workshops hosted by NOAA and the University of Washington, yet the risk of microplastic particles to marine systems is still unclear. The second workshop was intended to update microplastics science and take steps toward clarifying the risks of mic ...

High tide flooding (HTF) is the overflow or excess accumulation of ocean water on low lying land at high tide. Above-average tides can trigger high tide flooding and disrupt coastal communities. This type of flooding, which can occur on sunny days and in the absence of storms, creates public safety risks and lasting impacts.

In 2023, we continued a multi-year study in the Columbia River estuary to detect migrating juvenile Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. marked with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags.