Improving the Use of the "Best Scientific Information Available" Standard in Fisheries Management

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Publication Year:2004

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Committee on Defining the Best Scientific Information Available for Fisheries Management, National Research Council
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Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (FCMA), managers are required to use the best scientific information available in the preparation of federal fishery management plans (National Standard 2 in the FCMA). However, the Act provides ...
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Front Matter	i-xii	(skim)
Executive Summary	1-8	(skim)
1 Introduction	9-16	(skim)
2 National Standard 2: From Origin to Application	17-40	(skim)
3 Characterizing Best Scientific Information Available	41-50	(skim)
4 Findings and Recommendations	51-62	(skim)
References	63-66	(skim)
Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies	67-72	(skim)
Appendix B: Participants at the Workshop on Defining Best Available Science for Fisheries Management	73-74	(skim)
Appendix C: Questionnaires Sent to Fishery Management Councils and Fisheries Science Centers	75-78	(skim)
Appendix D: Regulations Supporting Fishery Management Plan Development and National Standard 2 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act	79-82	(skim)
Appendix E: Acronyms	83-84	(skim)
Appendix F: Compilation of Science Center and Management Council Reports and Committees	85-94	(skim)
Appendix G: Scientific Information in Fisheries Management: The Report of a Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education Fisheries Workshop	95-98	(skim)
Appendix H: Recent Case Law Support for Guidelines on Best Scientific Information Available	99-106	(skim)

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Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (FCMA), managers are required to use the best scientific information available in the preparation of federal fishery management plans (National Standard 2 in the FCMA). However, the Act provides no further guidance as to how conformance to this standard should be determined. Because adherence to this standard has often been contentious, Congress has considered adding a definition for what constitutes best scientific information available in the reauthorization of the FCMA. This report examines both the current application and the controversy over the standard and concludes that a legislative definition would be too inflexible to accommodate regional differences and future advances in science and technology. Instead, the report recommends that NOAA Fisheries adopt procedural guidelines to ensure that the scientific information used in the development of fishery management plans is relevant and timely and is the product of processes characterized by inclusiveness, transparency and openness, timeliness, and peer review.

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