Treaty Trust Fisheries

Most Pacific Region fisheries also have direct or indirect ties to federally recognized Tribes with treaty fishing rights. The management of all interjurisdictional fisheries in the Pacific Region has become greatly influenced by the requirement for adequate protection and rebuilding of species listed under the Endangered Species Act. To meet the Service’s federal tribal trust, resource protection, hatchery mitigation, and public benefit responsibilities, the Fisheries Program plays an integral role in the development of fishery management plans, development of new fishery management strategies and evaluation tools, conduct of applied research, and monitoring of harvest allocation and fishery impact limitation compliance. This is in direct support of the states, Tribes, and NOAA Fisheries who have primary regulatory authority in harvest management.

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