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1. Introduction
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The United States is the world's fifth largest fish producer, with commercial landings of 9.1 billion pounds in 2000 that were worth in excess of $3.5 billion, with an estimated value to the U.S. gross domestic product of more than $20 billion (NMFS, 2001a; NRC, 1999b)
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became the only marine mollusk to be listed as endangered. According to a study by the American Fisheries Society, 31 species of marine fish are thought to be at risk of extinction in North America, including the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua9, several Puget Sound species of rockfish, two herring-type fish, and groupers along the southeast Atlantic coast (Musick et al., 20001.
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. Under the MSFCMA, NMFS is charged with rebuilding overfished stocks while creating opportunities for commercial and recreational use, minimizing adverse social effects on fishing communities, and protecting marine habitats and endangered species.
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They hire their own scientific and administrative personnel, who receive and analyze information from the NMFS fishery science centers, the fishing industry, and academic and consulting institutions. Scientific information generally flows from NMFS's regional fishery science centers to stock assessment review committees, to the councils' plan development teams and scientific subcommittees, and finally to the full councils.
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The Ocean Studies Board convened a committee to conduct the assessment and prepare this report. Because of the very short time frame available, the statement of task specified that the committee should rely largely on previous NRC reports that examined NMFS's stock assessment models, data-collection methods, and other aspects of the NMFS science program and review the actions taken by NMFS in response to the reports in conducting its assessment (see Appendix D)
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14 SCIENCE AND ITS ROLE IN THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE application of science. No formal budget analysis of NMFS was completed by this committee.
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