The U.S. Fishing Industry - Present Condition and Future of Marine Fisheries: Report to the Congress, Volume 1General Accounting Office, 1976 |
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Page 2 - All fish within the fishery conservation zone. (2) All anadromous species throughout the migratory range of each such species beyond the fishery conservation zone; except that such management authority shall not extend to such species during the time they are found within any foreign nation's territorial sea or fishery conservation zone (or the equivalent), to the extent that such sea or zone is recognized by the United States.
Page 124 - Elmer B. Staats Comptroller General General Accounting Office 441 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20548 Dear Mr. Staats: Thank you for the opportunity to review the draft report analyzing the feasibility of the District's Civic Center proposal.
Page xiii - ... --Encourage the use of existing Federal financial assistance programs now available to fishermen and processors where private capital is not available. The financial programs should be utilized to the extent that they can meet the needs of fishermen and processors.
Page 3 - Service — and of the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The study will cost $64,000.
Page i - November 19, 1975, the Chairmen and Ranking Minority Members of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment...
Page 86 - March l977, and US vessels operating on the high seas. However, except for marine mammals, endangered species, and species covered by international agreements, clear authority to manage US fishing activity in these zones had not been assigned to a specific Federal agency. Fisheries on the high seas are open to all nations. In some instances, certain fisheries are managed through international agreements, but membership in such agreements is voluntary and compliance is difficult to enforce.
Page vi - Under the 1076 act the contiguous zone will be extended from 12 to 200 miles offshore, effective March 1. Generally, individual States have jurisdiction over the territorial sea bordering their coastlines which, in some instances, have been delegated to cities, towns, or counties. In the other zones a State may enforce regulations against its own citizens but not those of other States. The Federal Government has jurisdiction over the contiguous zone and US vessels operating on the high seas. However,...
Page 2 - A national program for the conservation and management of the fishery resources of the United States is necessary to prevent overfishing, to rebuild overfished stocks, to insure conservation, and to realize the full potential of the Nation's fishery resources.
Page v - ... Solution The solution is to limit fishing, facilitating management efforts to conserve fish while increasing the efficiency of fishermen, improving the expected rate of return on investments, and encouraging the development of underused species. This might be done by --limiting the number of fishing licenses to be issued, --establishing fees based on. volume or value of fish landed, --establishing quotas on the volume of fish landed, --establishing a program to buy back those vessels, made idle...