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MANAGEMENT CONTEXT • Excess Harvesting Capacity in U.S. Fisheries, A Report to Congress. April 28, 2008. National Marine Fisheries

Service, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries). http://www.pcouncil.org/bb/2008/0608/C2b_SUP_ATT2_0608.pdf

• ”Status of U.S. Fisheries.” Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries). http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/fisheries_eco/status_of_fisheries/

• ”Endangered Species Act (ESA).” Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admistration (NOAA Fisheries). www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/esa/

• ”Certified Fisheries.” Marine Stewardship Council. www.msc.org/• ”Catch Shares.” Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic & Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA Fisheries). http://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/sfa/management/catch_shares/index.html

Fishery Management Councils & Fishery Plans:• Caribbean Fishery Management Council. www.caribbeanfmc.com• Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. www.gulfcouncil.org• Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. http://www.mafmc.org/• New England Fishery Management Council. www.nefmc.org/• North Pacific Fishery Management Council. http://www.npfmc.org/• Pacific Fishery Management Council. www.pcouncil.org• South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. www.safmc.net• Western Pacific Fishery Management Council. www.wpcouncil.org

COMMERCIAL FISHERIES Data for New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, North Pacific, Pacific and Western Pacific Regions:• Commercial Landings Database. Obtained November 2, 2014. Office of Science & Technology, National Marine

Fisheries Service, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries). www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/commercial/index.html

Pacific cod, flatfish, Atka mackerel, walleye pollock, rockfish and sablefish data, North Pacific Region:• Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administra-

tion (NOAA Fisheries). Obtained November 2, 2014. www.afsc.noaa.gov

Economic Impacts of the U.S. Commercial Seafood Industry:• A User’s Guide to the National and Coastal State I/O Model.

http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/documents/commercial_seafood_impacts_2007-2009.pdf

Additional information:• ”Data Caveats.” Office of Science & Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic &

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries). https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/commercial-fisheries/commercial-landings/data-caveats/index

• ”NOAA Fisheries Economics & Social Sciences Program.” Office of Science & Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries). www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st5/index.html

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RECREATIONAL FISHERIES Data for New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Western Pacific Regions:• Recreational Fishery Statistics Queries.” Obtained October 15, 2015. Office of Science & Technology, National

Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries). http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/recreational-fisheries/data-and-documentation/run-a-data-query

Data for Pacific Region:• Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Recreational Fisheries Information Network (RecFIN). Obtained

July 20, 2015. http://www.recfin.org

Data for North Pacific Region:• Alaska Department of Fish & Game. Obtained September 28, 2015. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us

Data for Texas (Gulf of Mexico Region):• Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Obtained July 20, 2015. www.tpwd.state.tx.us• Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Obtained July 28, 2015. http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/about-la-creel

Recreational Fishing Expenditures and Impacts:• Lovell, Sabrina, Scott Steinback, and James Hilger. 2013. The Economic Contribution of Marine Angler Expendi-

tures in the United States, 2011. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-134, 188p. http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/economics/publications/marine-angler-expenditures/marine-angler-2011

• Lovell, J. Sabrina, James Hilger, Scott Steinback, and Clifford Hutt. 2016. The Economic Contribution of Ma-rine Angler Expenditures on Durable Goods in the United States, 2014. U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Draft report. http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/economics/fisheries/recreational/Marine-Angler-Durable-Expenditures/ 2014-durable-expenditures-survey

THE MARINE ECONOMY• ”County Business Patterns Data Series.” Obtained July 31, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau.

http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/• ”Gross Domestic Product by State.” Obtained July 31, 2015. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?reqid=70&step=1&isuri=1&acrdn=2#reqid=70&step=1&isuri=1• ”Location Quotient Calculator.” Obtained July 31, 2015. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

data.bls.gov/LOCATION_QUOTIENT/servlet/lqc.ControllerServlet• ”Nonemployer Statistics.” Obtained July 31, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau.

http://www.census.gov/econ/nonemployer/index.html