This collaborative plan provides a blueprint that prioritizes research projects to improve Gulf recreational fishing data collection and resulting catch and effort estimates. It is part of the Gulf Transition Plan.
Recognizing the need for robust economic analysis to inform fisheries management, NOAA Fisheries hosted its second Recreational Fisheries Economic Constituent Workshop in April 2023. This report captures workshop proceedings, topics, and takeaways.
This report is our first update to the 2021 "Plan for State Partnerships" report that details best practices for administering state-federal recreational fisheries data collection programs, and improving survey designs and catch and effort estimates.
The annual report provides a summary of the economic performance of U.S. marine fisheries and related industries and their important role in our nation's economy.
FEUS 2022 is the current report.
This second biennial report to Congress describes the Marine Recreational Information Program's progress toward the 28 recommendations in a 2017 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine review.
This report to Congress provides NOAA Fisheries' response to the National Academies’ of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s recommendations for how NOAA Fisheries is meeting the needs of in-season management of fisheries with annual catch limits.
