Safe Sustainable Seafood Supply

    Fishery Management

 Advisory Requests

• Understanding Fisheries Management 2nd Edition (PDF)
• Legal Barriers in Washington State Which Would Prevent
  Commercial Fishermen from Taking Tourists on Their Boats
  

 SandBar Articles

• Legal Killing of Sea Lions Halted
• Nature v Commerce
• Ninth Circuit Affirms NMFS Policy on Hatchery v. Natural Salmon
• Alaska Denies Compensation for Shorter Salmon Season
• Oregon Court Upholds Crab Pot Regulations
• No Sanctions for Vessel Carrying Shark Fins
• Court Dismisses Commercial Fishing License Claims
• Alaska Upholds Commercial Fishery Decision
• Illegal Lobster Importers Not Required to Pay Restitution
• Horseshoe Crabs Up for Grabs
• Ninth Circuit Rules for Environmental Groups in Salmon Case
  
• Texas Court Invalidates Gulf Red Snapper Plan - Fisheries Service Given Nine Months to Fix It
• Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Fishermen's Class Action Suit
• Ninth Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Reopening of Swordfish Fishery
• First Circuit Upholds Rhode Island Lobster Regulation
• Alaskan Fishery Commission Followed Proper Procedure to Limit Entry
• SCUBA Shellfishing Ban Withstands Challenge
• No Exclusive Rights to Harvest Wild Alaskan Shellfish
• Stocking Project Deemed “Commercial Enterprise”
• New Lobster Regulations Do Not Violate Atlantic Coastal Act
• Issuance of Longline Permits Triggers Consultation
• NOAA Fisheries Strengthens Patagonian Toothfish
• Crisis in the Connecticut Lobster Fishery 
• First Circuit Rules on NMFS's Lobster Conservation Plan
• Groundfish Management Proves Daunting to Court, Fishers

 Other Publications

• President Bush Issues Executive Order on the Protection of Striped Bass and Red Drum Populations
• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Reauthorized
• Fisheries Links
• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Reauthorized