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I . Report No. 



MMC-78/12 



3. Recipient's Accession No. 



PB80-1 80599 



t* . Title -T.d Sohtttlt 



Fisheries Management under the Fishery Conservation and 

 Management Act ," the Marine Mammal Protection Act , and 

 the Endangered Species Act. 



5. Report DJte 



May 1980 



F. Author^) 



8, Performing Organization Report No. 



Katherine A. Green HarmxDnd, Ph.D. 



J. Porforning Organization Name and Address 



10. Projec t/Task/Work I'nit No. 



Consultant, Ecosystem Modeling 

 4102 Yupon Street 

 Houston, Texas 77006 



11. Contract or Grant No. 



MM1300885-3 



13. Type of Report 



12. Sponsoring Organization Na^ie and Address 



Marine Mammal Commission 

 1625 Eye Street, N.W. 

 Washington, D.C. 20006 



Final Report 



15. Supplementary Notes 



See page ii. 



lo. Aostr.icc 



The purpose of this report is to determine what steps might be taken to ensure that 

 fishery management plans (FMPs) developed under the Fishery Conservation and Manage- 

 ment Act (FCMA) are ecologically sound and fully consistent with the FCMA and with 

 the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) . The 

 relevant provisions of the three Acts were examined and four FMPs were reviewed in 

 detail. Persons involved in developing, reviewing and implementing FMPs were inter- 

 viewed. It appears that FMPs are based primarily on single species rather than eco- 

 system oriented management concepts, so are not fully consistent with the FCMA, and 

 that FMPs do not effectively incorporate potential impacts on non-target species into 

 deterrriining optimum fishery yields, so are not fully consistent with the FCMA or the 

 ESA. In many cases data are sufficient for developing ecosystem oriented management 

 plans . This report recommends that experts on marine mammals , birds , etc . become in- 

 volved in FMP drafting, that guidelines for FMP preparation be amended to emphasize 

 impacts on nontarget ecosystem components, that FMPs should incorporate predator-prey 

 and ecosystem modeling techniques into evaluations of risk to nontarget species asso- 

 ciated with various harvest levels, and that a workshop be convened to identify re- 

 quirements and procedures for developing FMPs more consistent with the FCMA, the ESA, 

 and the MMPA. 



| ecosystem management; Endangered Species Act; fish- 

 eries management; Fishery Conservation and Manage- 

 ment Act; marine mammal management; Marine Mammal 

 Protection Act; Maximum Sustainable Yield; Optimum 

 Yield 



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