Previous slide Comments on Other Fisheries In every roundtable, the recommendation was made to bolster monitoring of commercial fisheries through a combination of logbook and observer programs. Previous slide Next slide Back to first slide View graphic version ...

, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, NOAA Fisheries, Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation and others, Andrew Loftus and associates are coordinating the outreach... Council and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies engaged Loftus Consulting to assemble fisheries professionals to develop criteria for the National Fish Habitat Initiative... Fisheries Data Summit - In conjunction with a conference steering committee, Andrew Loftus coordinated the planning and execution of, and follow up to, this national conference...

are fisheries still allowed to be over exploited despite good data? A need to outline (in layman s terms) what will be collected and how data supplied will be used. Desire to vest... more control with the states over the surveys-particularly dockside interviews since those closest to the fishery know better what is happening. Previous slide Next slide Back to first slide View graphic version ...

. State and Federal natural resource management agencies and regional fishery management organizations. Non-governmental Organizations (NGO's), private organizations, and individuals... who need assistance with fisheries policy and issue development. Whether it's gathering the right facts, communicating with customers and constituents, or applying the facts...

with the area in which they will be working (knowledge of local fisheries and culture) Previous slide Next slide Back to first slide View graphic version ...