[PDF] Fishery Management Plan For The Dolphin And Wahoo Fishery Of The Atlantic Caribbean And Gulf Of Mexico eBook

Author : South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,44 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Acanthocybium solandri (Wahoo)
ISBN :

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Purpose and need: "In recent years, landings of dolphin and wahoo from the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico waters have increased. For example, on the average, between 1994 and 1997, the combined landings from all sectors of the fishery on the Atlantic reached an all time high for the management unit, with the highest landings being reached in 1995. Landing across all regions reached a peak in 1997. Given that the fishery is historically a recreational fishery, concern was raised when commercial landings in the Atlantic increased, due in part to an increasing number of longliners targeting dolphin or modifying their fishing practices such that dolphin and wahoo constitute a greater portion of their longline trips. While commercial landings have stabilized or decreased in some areas, there still exists the possible redirection of effort from vessels displaced from other directed fisheries ..."

Author : Dennis W. Nixon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 17,97 MB
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1440877408

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This extensively updated third edition of the classic casebook Marine and Coastal Law provides readers with an authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date guide to landmark laws, regulations, and legal decisions governing the United States' vast marine and coastal resources. This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of the prestigious Marine and Coastal Law casebook provides an essential overview of landmark legal decisions and statutory provisions in U.S. marine and coastal law, with a particular emphasis on regulatory changes and legal conflicts involving climate change, coastal resilience/protection, and sea level rise. In addition to a thorough updating of the contents of the second edition (including editorial commentary on every case), this new revised edition features extensive new content, including two entirely new chapters and new "learning objectives" for each chapter. Produced by five experts in U.S. marine law, this third edition stands as an accessible and invaluable resource for both lay readers and legal professionals who are seeking greater understanding of the ever-evolving and frequently contentious laws and regulations governing U.S. and international fisheries, maritime shipping and transport, offshore oil and mineral resources, climate change mitigation strategies, coastal protection, marine pollution, and port and harbor operations.