These plans complement work already underway by Regional Fishery Management Councils through fishery management plans and fishery ecosystem plans.
To advance our efforts to implement Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management, NOAA Fisheries developed Implementation Plans that identify priority actions and milestones for the next five years.
Regional fishery management councils develop fishery ecosystem plans as a metric to help fishery managers determine whether management effectively incorporates core ecosystem principles. Fishery ecosystem plans:
The following regional fishery management councils have developed fishery ecosystem plans:
Raw oysters on plate. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.
Scientists sample for pollock. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
NOAA Administrator, Dr. Richard Spinrad, Dick Jones of Blue Ocean Mariculture, and NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator, Janet Coit, at Seafood Expo North America in March 2022. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.
