Area-Based Management and Sustainable Fisheries under the Purview of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries)

摘要

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) is entrusted with the management of the living marine resources (LMRs) of the United States. Since the United States possesses the world's largestexclusive economic zone (EEZ), managing LMRs within this broad expanse has proven difficult and, at times, highly contentious. There are multiple uses of the EEZ (e.g., extraction, tourism, conservation) that are sometimes very much at odds with one another. Mandates call for managing sustainable fisheries (extraction) while at the same time protecting marine mammals, endangered species, and non-target species (conservation).