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Release of the Final Report and Determination for the Cornwall Sardine Fishery
MRAG Americas announces the release of the Final Report and Determination for the Cornwall Sardine Fishery. The MRAG Americas Certification Committee has determined that the fishery meets the requirements for a well managed and sustainable fishery. This decision is a determination and not the final certification result. The MSC requires posting of this final report [...]
Scientific and Technical Support Services for the Office of Protected Resources
Client: NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources, subcontracted through OAK Management MRAG Americas provides highly qualified contract employees to the NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources in Silver Spring, MD. The mission and overall goal of the Office of Protected Resources (OPR) is to manage and conserve protected resources including marine mammals, sea turtles, and [...]
US Caribbean Commercial Data Improvement Project
Client: NMFS, Southeast Fisheries Science Center MRAG has been contracted by the NMFS, Southeast Fisheries Science Center to perform the following tasks: Assemble and summarize materials describing existing fisheries and development of, current management, current data collection systems and deficiencies and preferred stock assessment methods. Detail as necessary by territory (US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico) [...]
Southeast US North Atlantic Swordfish Fishery and Bigeye and Yellowfin Tuna Fishery schedules site visit for data gathering phase
MRAG Americas announces that the MSC assessments for the US Southeast swordfish fishery and the US Southeast bigeye-yellowfin tuna have entered the data gathering phase. The assessments will use the MSC Fishery Assessment Methodology version 2.1 , and proposes to use the risk-based framework for Principle 2 performance indicators 2.1.1, 2.1.2, and 2.1.5. MRAG Americas [...]
EDF Catch Shares Manual
Client: Environmental Defense Fund MRAG Americas will be providing research and analysis on specific aspects of catch shares design including monitoring, recreational fisheries and fishing and fisheries related employment to inform EDF, NOAA and key stakeholders. Best Practices for Catch Shares Monitoring In order to help NOAA further their Catch Share Policy, MRAG Americas and [...]
MRAG chosen to provide dockside monitoring for NE groundfish fishery
Several sectors have selected MRAG Americas to provide dockside monitors within the New England multispecies groundfish fishery. Catch monitoring is a required aspect of the new sector management plan (Amendement 16 to the Multispecies FMP). Managing groundfish stocks with output controls requires accounting accurately for fish that count against a sector’s allocation – both landed and discarded fish. Amendment [...]
Catch Shares in New England
Client: Meridian Institute The report, Catch Shares in New England: Key Questions and Lessons Learned from Existing Programs, was a collaborative effort produced by MRAG Americas and Meridian Institute. Meridian Institute is a non-profit organization devoted to bringing collaborative decision making tools to society’s most challenging problems. The report includes an analysis of key issues [...]
Science Tools to Implement EBM in Massachusetts
Client: Massachusetts Ocean Partnership MRAG Americas has worked in close contact with MA Ocean Partnership staff and contractors in the development of a report in which we provide a framework for implementing ecosystem based management (EBM) and suggest a range of science information tools and their appropriate application to the decision making process. This report [...]
Setting Annual Catch Limits for US Fisheries
Client: Lenfest Ocean Program In the summer of 2007, MRAG Americas coordinated working groups aimed at identifying best practices in fisheries management, developing a standardized process for setting annual catch limits (ACLs) that can apply to all US federally managed fisheries as mandated by the Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act. The Expert Working Group developed a straightforward [...]
The Sian Ka’an Banco Chinchorro spiny lobster fishery is under assessment for MSC
MRAG Americas announces that the Sian Ka’an Banco Chinchorro spiny lobster fishery has completed a site visit and that analysis and writing of the assessment report is underway. More information on the assessment is available through the MSC.
