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Western North Atlantic Shark-Fishery Management Problems And Informational Requirements, Thomas B. Hoff, John A. Musick
Western North Atlantic Shark-Fishery Management Problems And Informational Requirements, Thomas B. Hoff, John A. Musick
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has primary responsibility for the development ofihe Western North Atlantic Shark Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Currently, there is a consensus among the five East Coast Councils that an FMP for sharks should be prepared. The current concerns focus on many of the same issues that were germane a decade ago when a shark FMP was initiated and then halted mainly because of inadequate information. These issues include 1) an expanded, nondiscriminant, commercial longline fishery ; (2) an existing and rapidly expanding recreational fishery; (3) concern for the extensive waste which occurs from both recreational …