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Kennedy grants to improve industry efficiency; and continued 

 compensation for gear and vessel losses. 



Fourth, we will ensure adequate compliance with federal laws and 

 regulations. We believe that compliance can be improved 

 significantly by increasing enforcement and legal personnel, 

 stiffening penalties, increasing public awareness, and gaining 

 industry support by evenhanded enforcement. 



NOAA will continue to coordinate with the Department of Defense 

 (DOD) to tap into so-called "dual use" technologies. One very 

 promising area includes use of technology for an acoustic system 

 that has the potential to enhance greatly NOAA's fisheries 

 enforcement mission. Another promising area includes active 

 collaboration with DOD on the use of emerging environmental 

 sensing technologies. 



A fifth element of the Build Sustainable Fisheries program would 

 reduce the wasteful bycatch of non-target species. The 

 inadvertent capture of juveniles and the "broodstock" of heavily 

 exploited species can make restoration of such species difficult. 

 An example in the Gulf of Mexico is the catch of juvenile red 

 snapper in the shrimp trawl fishery. Additional economic losses 

 are generated when fisheries are closed because of heavy 

 "prohibited species" bycatch. 



