THE MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION 

 AND MANAGEMENT ACT 



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The Secretary of Commerce Is empowered to 

 prepare plans In the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico for 

 highly migratory species. Where no FMP exists. 

 Preliminary Fishery Management Plans (PMPs), which 

 only cover foreign fishing efforts, are prepared by the 

 Secretary for each fishery for which a foreign nation 

 requests a permit. The Secretary is also empowered to 

 produce an FMP for any fishery that a Council has not 

 duly produced. In this latter case, the Secretary's FMP 

 covers domestic and foreign fishing. 



As of December 31, 1992, five Preliminary 

 Fishery Management Plans (PMPs) were In effect, many 

 of which have been amended since first being 

 implemented. 



Foreign Trawl Fisheries of the Northwest 



Atlantic 

 Hake Fisheries of the Northwestern 



Atlantic 

 Pacific Blllflshes and Oceanic Sharks 

 Bering Sea Herring 

 Bering Sea Snails 



The Atlantic swordflsh and Atlantic blllfish 

 fisheries are currently being managed by the Secretary 

 under the Magnuson Act and the Western Atlantic 

 bluefin tuna fishery Is managed under the Atlantic 

 Tunas Convention Act. 



FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS (FMPs) 



Under section 304 of the Magnuson Act. all 

 Council-prepared FMPs must be reviewed by the 

 Secretary of Commerce. After FMPs have been 

 approved under section 304 of the Magnuson Act, 

 they are Implemented by federal regulations, under 

 section 305 of the Act. As of December 31 , 1992, there 

 are 32 fishery management plans in place. The FMPs 

 are listed below. Many FMPs are amended by the 

 Council and submitted for approval under the same 



Secretarial review process as new FMPs. Many of the 

 FMPs listed have been amended since Initial 

 Implementation. Those marked with a double asterisk 

 (") were amended In 1992. 



Northeast Multlspecles 



American Lobster 



Atlantic Blllflshes 



Atlantic Blueflsh 



Atlantic Coast Red Drum 



Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterflsh (") 



Atlantic Salmon 



Atlantic Sea Scallops 



Atlantic Surf Clams and Ocean Quahogs 



fisheries 

 Summer Flounder (") 

 Swordflsh 



Gulf and South Atlantic Spiny Lobster 

 Caribbean Shallow Water Reef Fish 

 Gulf and South Atlantic Corals 

 Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish (") 

 Gulf of Mexico Shrimp (") 

 Gulf of Mexico Stone Crab 

 Coastal Migratory Pelaglcs (") 

 Caribbean Spiny Lobster 

 Snapper/Grouper (") 

 Northern Anchovy 

 King and Tanner Crab 

 Commercial and Recreational Salmon 

 High Seas Salmon 

 Pacific Groundflsh (") 

 Gulf of Alaska Groundflsh (") 

 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 



Groundflsh (") 

 Western Pacific Crustaceans (") 

 Western Pacific Precious Corals 

 Western Pacific Bottomflsh and Seamount 



Groundflsh 

 Gulf of Mexico Red Drum (") 

 Western Pacific Pelagics (") 



During 1992, 544 regulatory actions were 

 processed via the Federal Register to Implement FMP 

 fishery management actions and rules for foreign 

 fishing. This number Includes hearings, meetings, and 

 correction notices. 



