1. Conservation and management measures shall prevent overfishing 

 while achieving, on a continuing basis, the optimum yield from 

 each fishery. 



2. Conservation and management measures shall be based on the 

 best scientific information available. 



3. To the extent practicable, an individual stock of fish shall 

 be managed as a unit throughout its range, and interrelated 

 stocks of fish shall be managed as a unit or in close coor- 

 dination. 



4. Conservation and management measures shall not discriminate 

 between residents of different states. If it becomes neces- 

 sary to allocate or assign fishing privileges among various 

 U.S. fishermen, such allocation shall be (A) fair and equi- 

 table to all such fishermen; (B) reasonably calculated to 

 promote conservation; and (C) carried out in such a manner 

 that no particular individual, corporation, or other entity 

 acquires an excessive share of such privileges. 



5. Conservation and management measures shall, where practicable, 

 promote efficiency in the utilization of fishery resources; 

 except that no such measure shall have economic allocation as 

 its sole purpose. 



6. Conservation and management measures shall take into account 

 and allow for variations among, and contingencies in, fisher- 

 ies, fishery resources, and catches. 



7. Conservation and management measures shall, where practicable, 

 minimize costs and avoid unnecessary duplication. 



In addition to protecting and providing for proper utilization of fishes 

 beyond the territorial sea, this act may profoundly affect inshore fisheries 

 as well. As fishery management plans are approved and the results (both 

 successes and failures) are available for review, the potential exists for 

 individual states to enact similar regulations that may better protect their 

 own fisheries. 



Success of the act will depend on how well the councils are able to deal 

 with particularly difficult issues such as limited entry, pre-emption of a 

 state's fishery regulations, and allocation of limited or diminishing 

 resources. PL 94-265 has the potential for assuring maximum/optimum sustained 

 yield of our country's marine fishery resources. 



FEDERAL FUNDING 



Federal support for fishery development and research in Florida has never 

 been great. In contrast to the Northwest Pacific Coast states, (which favor 

 salmon). Federal aid in the Gulf of Mexico has never been in proportion to 

 fishery production in Southwest Florida. Probably the most beneficial Federal 



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