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Personal Author:
Gulak, Simon J. B. ; Moncrief-Cox, Heather E. ; Morrell, Thomas J. ; Mathers, Alyssa N. (Alyssa Napier) ; Carlson, John K. (John Keith), 1966- ;
Gulak, Simon J. B. ; Moncrief-Cox, Heather E. ; Morrell, Thomas J. ; Mathers, Alyssa N. (Alyssa Napier) ; Carlson, John K. (John Keith), 1966- ; Less -
Corporate Authors:
Panama City Laboratory ;
NOAA Program & Office:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ;
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; Less -
Description:
"The practice of finning, defined as the removal of the fin or fins from a shark and discarding the remainder of the shark at sea, was first addressed in the United States of America (U.S.) in 1993. The 1993 Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Sharks of the Atlantic Ocean in troduced the requirement that fishermen could only land shark fins and carcasses where the maximum weight of fins did not exceed 5 percent of the dressed carcass weights (NMFS, 1993). This 5 percent fin-to-carcass ratio applied to all managed shark species in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. In the 1999 FMP for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks, NMFS prohibited finning of all shark species, including those that were not otherwise managed, and required recreational shark fishermen to land all sharks whole (although the sharks could be eviscerated) (NMFS,1999)"--Introduction. [doi:10.7289/V5/TM-SEFSC-712 (https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-SEFSC-712)].
Content Notes:
Simon J. B. Gulak, Heather E. Moncrief-Cox, Thomas J. Morrell, Alyssa N. Mathers, and John K. Carlson. "August 2017." System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (pages 5-6).
Keywords:
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Fishery Management
Shark Fisheries

Series:
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFSC ; 712;
DOI:
http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-SEFSC-712
Document Type:
Technical Memorandum ;
Place as Subject:
Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) ; Mexico, Gulf of ; Caribbean Sea ; United States ;
Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) ; Mexico, Gulf of ; Caribbean Sea ; United States ; Less -
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Public Domain
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Submitted
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