Public Comments Wanted on Proposed Changes to the National Standards for Federal Fisheries Management
SEAFOODNEWS.COM By Peggy Parker - January 19, 2015
Last Thursday NOAA Fisheries opened a six-and-a-half-month public comment period on revisions that “clarify and streamline” National Standard guidelines, an important roadmap for the eight regional management councils to sustainably manage the nation’s fisheries.
“This has been an ongoing discussion for the past two years,” said Chris Oliver, executive director of the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council in Anchorage. “The [National Marine Fisheries Service] agency has been working on revising the guidelines for all the councils through the Council Coordination Committee.”
The CCC represents the chairs, vice-chairs, and executive directors of each of the regional management councils and meets twice a year to discuss issues relevant to all councils, including issues related to the implementation of the MSA. The CCC’s next meeting is...
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