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United States; Northeast Region; fishery management; National Marine Fisheries Service; compliance and enforcement; U.S. Coast Guard;
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Maritime Fisheries Enforcement Analysis Of The Nmfs Northeast Region, John Thomas Davis
Maritime Fisheries Enforcement Analysis Of The Nmfs Northeast Region, John Thomas Davis
Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers
The success or failure of fishery management plans (FMP's) is dependent upon many factors. One of those factors is the level of compliance to the regulations implementing the conservation and management decisions of the FMP's that is achieved. Although compliance with regulations does not guarantee the success of management efforts, failure to ensure adequate compliance with management objectives results in failed conservation and management efforts. Enforcement is a crucial element towards achieving conservation and management goals. The objective of this paper is to analyze the maritime fisheries enforcement system in the geographic bounds of the national marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) …