Resources

Catch Shares

• PEG's Comments on Draft NOAA Catch Share Policy (PDF)
  
  
• Design Matters — Making Catch Shares Work (PDF)
  Catch shares are fishery management programs that, if correctly designed and implemented, can strengthen marine conservation and support fishing communities according to a new paper from the Pew Environment Group.

Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2010 - H.R. 4914

• Fact Sheet: Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2010 - House (PDF)
  
  
• Fact Sheet: The Coastal Jobs Creation Act and the Gulf Oil Spill (PDF)
  
  
• Fishermen Around the Country Who Support the Coastal Jobs Creation Act (PDF). Also see these images and quotes in our online slideshow.
  
  
• Examples of Marine Debris and Ghost Fishing Gear Cleanup Projects that could benefit from H.R. 4914 (PDF)
  
  
• Examples of Working Waterfront Programs that could benefit from H.R. 4914 (PDF)
  
  
• Examples of Cooperative Research Programs that could benefit from H.R. 4914 (PDF)
  
  
• Fact sheets about how the Coastal Jobs Creation Act would benefit states/regions (all PDF):
  • California
  • Carolinas
  • Florida
  • Gulf states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Oregon
  • Texas
  • Virginia

Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2010 - S. 3528

• Fact Sheet: Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2010 - Senate (PDF)
  
  
• Fishermen Around the Country Who Support the Coastal Jobs Creation Act (PDF). Also see these images and quotes in our online slideshow.
  
  
• Examples of Marine Debris and Ghost Fishing Gear Cleanup Projects that could benefit from S. 3528 (PDF)
  
  
• Examples of Working Waterfront Programs that could benefit from S. 3528 (PDF)
  
  
• Examples of Cooperative Research Programs that could benefit from S. 3528 (PDF)
  
  
• Fact sheets about how the Coastal Jobs Creation Act would benefit states/regions (all PDF):
  • California
  • Carolinas
  • Florida
  • Gulf states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Oregon
  • Texas
  • Virginia

Appropriations

• PEG's House Testimony on FY2011 Appropriations (PDF)
  
  
• PEG's Senate Testimony on FY2011 Appropriations (PDF)
  
  
• Coalition Letter on FY2011 Appropriations (PDF)
  
  
• Fact Sheet: Increased Funding for Data Collection Necessary to Improve Fisheries Management (PDF)

H.R. 1584

• H.R. 1584: More Costly Delay for America’s Fisheries and Fishermen (PDF)
  A new bill, H.R. 1584, threatens the ecological and economic sustainability of fish populations by giving managers new “flexibility” to delay critical rebuilding actions.
  
  
• Letter from 44 Groups (PDF)
  
  
• Letter from 118 Scientists Supporting Rebuilding Fish Populations and Opposing H.R. 1584 (PDF)

S. 1255

• S. 1255: More Costly Delay for America’s Fisheries and Fishermen (PDF)
  A new Senate bill, S. 1255, threatens the ecological and economic sustainability of fish populations by giving managers new “flexibility” to delay critical rebuilding actions.
  
  
• Letter from 67 Groups (PDF)
  
  
• Letter from 118 Scientists Supporting Rebuilding Fish Populations and Opposing S. 1255 (PDF)

Mid-Atlantic Fisheries

• Management in the Mid-Atlantic Region (PDF)
  A brief overview of US fisheries management and conservation.
  
  
• Pew Environment Group Letter: Mid-Atlantic Scoping Comments (PDF)
  
  
• Investing in Our Future: The Economic Case for Rebuilding Mid-Atlantic Fish Populations (PDF)
  The report reveals significant potential financial benefits of rebuilding four fish species in the Mid-Atlantic: summer flounder, black sea bass, butterfish and bluefish.

Annual Catch Limits

• A Rule to End Overfishing in the United States (PDF)
  January 15, 2009
  The final rule creates a framework for fishery managers to establish annual catch limits, based on the best available science, in order to end overfishing in U.S. ocean waters by 2011. This new rule represents an important step forward in fisheries management.
  
  
• Regional fact sheets (all PDF):
  • Gulf Region
  • Mid Atlantic
  • New England
  • Pacific
  • South Atlantic


• A New Rule to End Overfishing in the United States (PDF)
  Federal Guidelines Must (Not "Should") Protect Fisheries.
  
  
• Setting Annual Catch Limits for U.S. Fisheries: An Expert Working Group Report, 2007 (PDF)
  Lenfest Ocean Program
  The Expert Working Group developed a straightforward process for establishing catch limits and accountability measures, which included setting a sufficiently precautionary measure to ensure that overfishing does not occur.

ACL Letters

• Letter from 86 Groups
• Center for Biological Diversity
• Marine Fish Conservation Network
• National Coalition for Marine Conservation
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Oceana
• Pew Environment Group

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Goals for a New National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Rule
  Our oceans are under assault from global warming, pollution and industrial scale fishing. The Obama Administration must pass a new NEPA rule to protect entire marine ecosystems.

• NEPA - An Ocean Conservation Success Story (PDF)
  NEPA has made it possible to protect thousands of square miles of coral formations, reduce mortality of endangered sea turtles and begin the rebuilding of depleted populations of commercially valuable fish.

NEPA Letters

• Group letters asking the fisheries service to withdraw proposal to weaken environmental review:
  • 8 House Republicans
  • 72 House Democrats
  • 160 National Groups
  • 79 Scientists
  • 15 Partnership Project
    
  
  
• Organizational letters asking the fisheries service to withdraw proposal to weaken environmental review:
  • Association of Zoos and Aquariums
  • Center for Biological Diversity & Turtle Island Restoration Network
  • Defenders of Wildlife
  • Environment America
  • Environmental Defense Fund
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Joint Ocean Commission
  • Marine Fish Conservation Network
  • Marine Mammal Commission
  • The Ocean Conservancy & Oceana
  • Pew Environment Group

Other Resources

• The Future of Fish and Fishing in America's Oceans (PDF)
  In 2006, Congress significantly strengthened the law that governs how fish are managed in federal waters. If these changes are effectively implemented, America can protect and rebuild valuable fish populations and set a standard for the rest of the world to follow.