Managing Fisheries After a Major Oil Spill

Wednesday, February 27, 2019
NOAA Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (Gloucester, MA)

Develop best practice guidance for coordinated response and management of state and federal fisheries and seafood production following a major oil spill

Scope:  Gulf of Maine

Objectives:  Develop guidance for:

  1. Pre-impact protection strategies (including for the aquaculture industry, a full accounting of the stock at risk; preemptive removal of fishing gear, etc.)
  2. Pre-closure options (safety zone, warnings, etc.)
  3. Closure criteria and predictive methods (trajectory analysis)
  4. Stakeholder communication
  5. Re-opening criteria, protocols, and partnerships
Post-Spill Fisheries Management Primary Decision-Makers

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STEERING COMMITTEE: Nancy Kinner, CRRC and Steve Lehmann, NOAA ORR SSC

For more information, please contact Kathy Mandsager.

 

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