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Mager, Andreas, Jr. (1990). "National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat
Conservation Efforts in the Southeastern United States for 1988."
Marine Fisheries Review, 52(1):7-13.
Data quantifying the area of habitat affected by Federal programs that
regulate development in coastal zones of the southeastern United States are
provided for 1988. The National Marine Fisheries Service made recommendations
on 3,935 proposals requiring federal permits or licenses to alter wetlands. A
survey of 977 of these activities revealed that 359,876 acres of wetland s
that support fishery resources under NMFS purview were proposed for some type
of alternation or manipulation. Almost 95 percent of this acreage was for
impounding and or manipulation of water levels in Louisiana marshes. The
National Marine Fisheries Service did not object to alternation of 173,284
acres and recommended the conservation of 186,592 acres. To offset habitat
losses, 1,827 acres of mitigation were recommended by the NMFS or proposed by
applicants and/or the Corps of engineers (COE). From 1981 to 1988 the NMFS
has provided indepth analyses on 8,385 projects proposing the alteration of at
least 656,377 acres of wetlands.
Mager, Andreas, Jr. and Gordon W. Thayer (1986). "National Marine
Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Efforts in the Southeast
Region of the United States From 1981 through 1985." Marine
Fisheries Review, 48(3):1-8.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is quantifying the
cumulative acreage of habitat involved in the Corps of Engineers' (COE)
programs relating to water development in the Southeast Region of the United
States. From January 1981 through December 1985 the NMFS commented on 23,292
proposals to alter wetlands that had been submitted to the COE. Of these,
detailed habitat information was obtained on 5,385 projects involving the
potential alteration of 184,187 acres of wetlands. Dredging was proposed for
over 80,227 acres and 45,893 for filling, 5,846 for draining, and 52,222 for
impounding. NMFS did not object to the alteration of 48,500 acres and
recommended the conservation of 135,687 acres. The proposed habitat losses
were potentially offset by the 110,406 acres recommended for mitigation. The
degree to which our recommendations were incorporated into permits by the COE
also was documented. NMFS recommendations were accepted overall 50 percent
off the time, partially accepted 24 percent of the time, and rejected 26
percent of the time. Applicant compliance with permit conditions averaged 80
percent. NMFS recommendations on permit applications are made by the
Southeast Regional Office and its area offices, but are dependent on up-todate
research information provided by research laboratories of the Southeast
Fisheries Center. The close link between these facilities in NMFS fisheries
habitat conservation efforts is described.
Magnuson, John J. (Chairman) (1994). An Assessment of Atlantic Bluefin
Tuna. Committee to Review Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Ocean Studies
Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,
National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington,
D.C.
This report summarizes independent advice requested by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on the scientific basis of management
for the Atlantic bluefin tuna. The committee notes that research on the
biology of Atlantic bluefin tuna is not continuing at an intensity necessary
to answer major biological questions pertaining to the management of the
fisheries.
Maguire, Jean-Jacques, Barbara Neis, and Peter R. Sinclair (1994).
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