NOAA Fisheries relies on partners like fishermen to help keep U.S. fisheries sustainable. Check out the top six ways fishermen help us maintain a sustainable shark fishery.
In celebration of our 150th anniversary, we are highlighting people who helped build the foundation of fisheries and marine science. Meet Jack Casey, a pioneer in shark research.
Keeping U.S. shark fishery sustainable is a complicated scientific and management process. To help explain it, we’ve broken down our approach into six steps.
The majority of sharks harvested in the United States are species with above-target population levels. And we have rebuilding plans for all overfished species.