There has been a small reduction in the number of US fisheries that are deemed as being overfished, according to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Eric Schwaab, the NOAA assistant administrator for fisheries has delivered the NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service’s Report on the status of US fisheries for 2009.
Stocks discussed in this report are characterised under two broad categories: (1) subject to overfishing and (2) overfished.
A stock that is subject to overfishing has a fishing mortality (harvest) rate above the level that provides for the maximum sustainable yield. A stock that is overfished has a biomass level below a biological threshold specified in its fishery management plan.
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