To achieve NOAA Fisheries' goals of sustainable fishery management and healthy, productive oceans for marine life and humankind, we need to adopt a more holistic approach to marine resource management. This means using marine ecosystem-based management and ecosystem-based fishery management to consider relationships among parts of different ecosystems and the environment, and recognizing that humans are an integral part of the ecosystem. Our ecosystem science conducts research on habitats, oceans and climate, fisheries, and even aquaculture to promote sustainable wild-caught and cultivated fisheries, and to conserve protected species in the Northeast Continental Shelf ecosystem, nationally and internationally.
Using Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management in the Northeast
Ecosystem-based fishery management is an essential part of preserving marine life and promoting sustainable fisheries.
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After each survey tow, the net is retrieved and the catch is emptied into a hopper where a series of conveyors move the catch to the sorting and processing area aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow. There, scientists sort the catch and collect data and biological samples. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jessica Blaylock
Four oysters held by oyster grower Mike Gilman
Sustainably grown, organic Alaskan kelp is harvested at the Seagrove Kelp Co. farm in Doyle Bay. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jordan Hollarsmith
View over the stern of the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow, exiting the Cape Cod Canal headed east toward Provincetown, Mass. at the beginning of Leg 3 of the 2021 Northeast Fisheries Science Center fall bottom trawl survey. The two bridges spanning the canal are used by trains (background) and vehicle traffic (foreground). Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Katelyn Depot.