Federal responsibilities for conservation of the nation's diverse and valuable fishery resources date from 1871 when Congress established the position of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries in response to concern about the decline in natural food fish supplies. In the Pacific Region Fisheries managers work with many partners to provide hatchery fish production for harvest, monitoring and evaluation of hatchery production programs, and technical assistance to our state, tribal and federal agencies in stock assessment and fishery impact analysis. These efforts support a variety of fishery needs. These include: Inter-jurisdictional, Recreational, Mitigation and Treaty Trust fisheries.
We’ve been successful this year in meeting this goal in the following areas:
Federal responsibilities for conservation of the nation's diverse and valuable fishery resources date from 1871 when Congress established the position of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries in response to concern about the decline in natural food fish supplies. In the Pacific Region Fisheries managers work with many partners to provide hatchery fish production for harvest, monitoring and evaluation of hatchery production programs, and technical assistance to our state, tribal and federal agencies in stock assessment and fishery impact analysis. These efforts support a variety of fishery needs. These include: