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Fishery
Resource Offices: Fishery Resource Offices are
one of two types of Fishery Management Offices in the Pacific
Region of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Fishery Resource
offices assist in the collection, evaluation, coordination,
and dissemination of fisheries information to help restore
declining fish species, recover species listed under the
the Endangered Species Act, preclude the need for future
listings of new species, and provide science-based management
of aquatic resources. They provide long-term monitoring,
evaluation and technical support to assess the status of
fish and aquatic species populations. They provide technical
assistance to agencies that have authority to set fish management
regulations and to many land owners (e.g., federal, state,
tribal, and private) to prevent the loss of, damage to, and
best management practices for the long-term benefit of fish
and their habitats. Fishery Resources Offices promote interagency
coordination by serving on technical and policy level workgroups
(committees, councils, commissions, etc.) in the areas of
hydrosystems, harvest, hatchery, and habitat management.
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