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Fisheries Regulations, NOAA Fisheries

Summary Federal Fishing Regulations Guidelines for PR and USVI


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Puerto Rico Fishing Regulations

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USVI Fishing Regulations

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Common Names of Fishes in Puerto Rico/Nombres Vulgares de Peces en Puerto Rico

BOOK " The Queen conch life story"

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Reports and Documents

Ya está en línea el séptimo volumen de la revista ambiental Marejada. Es una edición especial dedicada a la Reserva Natural Isla de Mona.   Pueden acceder al siguiente enlace: http://www.seagrantpr.org/catalog/files/marejada/vol7num1.pdf

 The Book of Abstracts for the 64th annual GCFI is now available online in book format.  A PDF version of the Book can be downloaded within the book application.  As a reminder, at the urging of the membership at the 62nd meeting, GCFI is no longer printing the Book of Abstracts; the only version available is online.  The Book of Abstracts can be found at this link: http://www.gcfi.org/Conferences/64th/BooksOfAbstracts/Eng/index.html.

El borrador del Plan de Manejo de la Reserva Marina de Isla Desecheo DRNA ha sido enviado a la Junta de Planificación para el tramite que lleve finalizar el proceso, Michelle Schärer http://sites.google.com/site/rmisladesecheo/

Página de documentos  http://sites.google.com/site/rmisladesecheo/RM-Isla-Desecheo/documentos

NOAA Fisheries Annual Report to Congress on the Status of U.S. Fisheries. This report documents our national journey towards ending overfishing and rebuilding the Nation's fisheries.

Marine Fisheries Review 73(1) entire issue is available.  Census of Active Commercial Fishermen in Puerto Rico: 2008 Daniel Matos-Caraballo and Juan J. Agar

Report submitted to CFMC -  Barbara L. Kojis and Norman J. Quinn.  15 February 2011.  Validation of a Spawning Aggregation of Mutton Snapper and Characterization of the Benthic Habitats and Fish in the Mutton Snapper Seasonal Closed Area, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Through A Fish’s Eye: The Status of Fish Habitats in the United States 2010

Video and presentations given at the Data-Poor Workshop, held on February 23-24, 2011, at the La Concha Hotel in Condado, Puerto Rico.

http://fisheriesforum.org/caribbean-workshop-exploring-tools-improving-management-data-poor-stocks

  http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/tm/TM108.pdf - National Marine Fisheries Service - Habitat Assessment Improvement Plan May 2010

GPR 2003 - BENTHIC HABITATS

Reports FWS - USVI

Jorge R. García-Sais, Ph. D, Roberto L. Castro-Gomez, Jorge Sabater-Clavell, Rene Esteves, Stacey Williams, Milton Carlo.  March, 2010.  Mesophotic benthic habitats and associated marine communities at Abrir La Sierra, Puerto Rico. - FINAL REPORT 

Richard S. Nemeth, Characterization Of Deep Water Reef Communities Within The Marine Conservation District, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, April 30th, 2008

Jorge R. Garcia-Sais, Ph. D  - Inventory and Atlas of Corals and Coral Reefs, with Emphasis on Deep-water Coral Reefs from the U.S. Caribbean EEZ 

Jorge (Reni) García-Sais, Ph. D., Roberto L. Castro, Jorge Sabater Clavell.  March, 2001.  CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES FROM NATURAL RESERVES IN PUERTO RICO : a quantitative baseline assessment for prospective monitoring programs. Volume 1 : Cordillera de Fajardo, Isla Caja de Muertos, Bosque Seco de Guanica, Bahía de Mayaguez

Jorge R. Garcia-Sais, Ph. D   - Characterization of benthic habitats and associated reef communitie at Bajo de Sico Seamount, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico

CONCH (Strombus gigas) STOCK ASSESSMENT MANUAL By Nelson M. Ehrhardt, PhD and Monica Valle-Esquivel, PhD for the Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 2008

  GUIA DE ESPECIES MARINAS REGLAMENTADAS - Puerto Rico (NO ORNAMENTALES) (in Spanish only) Guia parte A   Guia parte B  (pdf document)

The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008    Puerto Rico                  US Virgin Islands

Common Names of Fishes in Puerto Rico/Nombres Vulgares de Peces en Puerto Rico - pdf document

Guide to Regulations and Biology for Law Enforcement Officers in Puerto Rico - NOAA Fisheries

NOAA PROFESSIONAL PAPERS NMFS 5 - Emerging Technologies for reef Fpsisheries Research and Management  to download go to PP5

Caribbean Regional Association for an Integrated Coastal Ocean observing System (ICOOS) - pdf document

Pescadores de Puerto Rico - Obligaciones y Beneficios Contributivos - pdf document

Methodology and protocol for fishers participation  - pdf document

 Shifting gears : addressing the collateral impacts of fishing methods in U. S. waters,  by Lance E. Morgan, Ratana Chuenpagdee.   2003,  PEW Ocean Science Series

Taking Stock of the Regional Fishery Management Councils,  by Josh Eagle, Sarah Newkirk and Barton H. Thompson Jr .   2003,  PEW Ocean Science Series

The 2001 Queen Conch Stock Restoration Report - Florida Marine Research Institute. Florida.

Smith TB, Blondeau J, Nemeth RS, Pittman SJ, Calnan JM, Kadison E, Gass J (2010) Benthic structure and cryptic mortality in a Caribbean mesophotic coral reef bank system, the Hind Bank Marine Conservation District, USVI. Coral Reefs 

http://www.springerlink.com/content/l50801855617vj65/338_2009_Article_575_ESM.html - video

Quantifying the Impact of Propeller Scarring on Seagrass Beds - Study in Two Natural Reserves in Southwestern Puerto Rico

Modified version of the Sea Turtle Identification Chart.

Benthic Habitats of the U.S. Virgin Islands - Link to NOAA site, benthic habitat data of the U.S. V.I. for the coastal resource management community.

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