Fishing Community Profile: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (2017)

To enable fisheries managers to comply with National Standard 8 (NS8), NMFS social scientists around the nation are preparing fishing community profiles that present the features and characteristics of such communities. PIFSC has published or is developing four such profiles: one each for Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.

National Standard 8 (NS8) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (MSA) requires that NMFS, in establishing fisheries conservation and management measures, take into account the importance of fishery resources to fishing communities in order to: (1) provide for the sustained participation of such communities; and, (2) to the extent practicable, minimize adverse economic impacts on such communities.

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The reports are available at www.pifsc.noaa.gov/socioeconomics

The reports are available at www.pifsc.noaa.gov/socioeconomics

email (Justin.Hospital@noaa.gov) or phone: 808-725-5399

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A. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. B. The developers of this data are concerned with assuring its proper use. Before the data are used to draw specific scientific conclusions, potential users are requested to contact the Data Steward for background on the data. Acknowledgement of products derived from this data set should be cited. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable, PIFSC cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers.

To enable fisheries managers to comply with National Standard 8 (NS8), NMFS social scientists around the nation are preparing fishing community profiles that present the features and characteristics of such communities. PIFSC has published or is developing four such profiles: one each for Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.

As the reports rely on secondary data collection, it is assumed that quality control procedures are maintained by the government agencies which provided the data gathered for the fishing community publications.

Data are comprised of secondary sources that are currently archived and made readily available by other government agencies. Source information is listed in the report allowing interested parties to download the data if they so desire.

Reports are archived on external hard drives and currently served through the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Publication webpage.

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Data were downloaded from secondary sources including US Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and local fishery agencies. It is assumed that data provided by these agencies have been cleaned and prepared for public dissemination.