Improving the Use of the Best Scientific Information Available Standard in Fisheries Management

by Committee on Defining the Best Scientifi, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, et al.

Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (FCMA), managers are required to use the "best scientific information available" in the preparation of federal fishery management plans (National Standard 2 in the FCMA). However, the Act provides no further guidance as to how conformance to this standard should be determined. Because adherence to this standard has often been contentious, Congress has considered adding a definition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309092639
• ISBN13: 9780309092630
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.