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E. Glossary
Pages 116-121

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... Amendment 5: Amendment to the Northeast Multispecies Fisheries Management Plan enacted in 1994 that required extensive new regulations on minimum mesh sizes, minimum size limits, closed areas, new fishing permits, and logbook reporting. This amendment had the objective of reducing the fishing effort on cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder stocks by 50% over five years ~ ~ 999)
From page 117...
... CAP SAC (Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Advisory Committee) : Advisory body formed In 1977 to provide peer-reviewed scientific advice for the management of Canadian groundfish stocks.
From page 118...
... Fishing mortality rate that produces the maximum sustainable yield. Fishery Management Councils: Eight regional fishery management councils are mandated in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act responsible for developing fishery management plans for fisheries in federal waters.
From page 119...
... : Federal legislation responsible for establishing the regional fishery management councils and the mandatory and discretionary guidelines for federal f shery management plans. This legislation was originally enacted in 1976 as the Fishery Management and Conservation Act; its name was later changed to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and in 1996 was renamed the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
From page 120...
... : Regional science center operated by NMFS to conduct fishery science in the northeastern United States, including the NEFMC region. NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
From page 121...
... : Fishery management advisory body composed of federal, state, and academic scientists that provides scientific advice to a fishery management council. TAC (total allowable catch)


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