Action plan for fish release mortality science

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and its fishery management partners are committed to rebuilding overfished marine and anadromous fish stocks. Regional Fishery Management Councils (Councils), Interstate Marine Fisheries Commissions (Commissions), and international fishery management organizations such as the International Pacific Halibut Commission, have implemented a variety of measures to rebuild or maintain fish populations (e.g., reduced fishing seasons, closed areas, species-specific non-retention measures, temporal and/or spatial fisheries closures, and size limits"--Introduction, paragraph 1. L. Benaka, L. Sharpe, K. Abrams, M. Campbell, J. Cope, F. Darby, E.J. Dick, J. Hyde, B. Linton, C. Lunsford, D. Rioux, and Y. Swimmer. "February 2016." Numbering in electronic version begins on the "cover" with page 1; paper begins with page ii, content is identical. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (page 34). 2016 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) Library Public Domain 1864