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Indian national programs: Center for Marine Living Resources in Kerala, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. CMLRE; Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala, under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. CMFRI; National Centre for Ocean Information Services in Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad. ESSO-INCOIS
Maine Department of Marine Resources, researches, manages, and conserves the natural resources found in the tidal waters of the state. [5] Bureau of Marine Science, conducts research and monitoring and provides management resources for the state's marine fisheries. [6]
Other large Alaska fisheries such as salmon, crab and herring are managed primarily by the State of Alaska. Pacific: Develops regulations for fisheries in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Washington, Oregon, and California. This area of ocean is also known as the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Gulf of Mexico
The California Coastal Commission (CCC) is a state agency within the California Natural Resources Agency with quasi-judicial control of land and public access along the state's 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of coastline. Its mission as defined in the California Coastal Act is "to protect, conserve, restore, and enhance the environment of the ...
CalCOFI (California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations) is a multi-agency partnership formed in 1949 to investigate the collapse of the sardine population off California. The organization's members are from NOAA Fisheries Service, Scripps Institution of Oceanography , and California Department of Fish and Wildlife .
The Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) is a branch of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife that is tasked with responding to pollution and protecting the wildlife of California. The OSPR has authority over all surface waters in California, both inland and up to 200 miles (320 km) off the coast.
USC WIES. The USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies is an environmental research and education facility run by the University of Southern California.It is an organized research unit that encompasses a wide range of faculty and topics across the university as well as operating a marine laboratory at the edge of Two Harbors, California on Catalina Island approximately 22 miles (35 km ...
Californias Marine Protected Areas. The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) was passed in 1999 and is part of the California Fish and Game Code. The MLPA requires California to reevaluate all existing marine protected areas (MPAs) and potentially design new MPAs that together form a statewide network. The MLPA has clear guidance associated with ...