Goal 18. To improve and maintain productive and ecologically sound fisheries

A. Maintain clean waters (refer to goal 1 and 2)

1. Change public understanding/behavior regarding PS and NPS pollution

2. Reduce toxics and nutrient levels to identified ‘safe’ levels in all waters

3. Clean up benthic habitat/waters when appropriate

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B. Maintain healthy and productive essential fish habitat

1. Establish EFH for all harvested species and their prey

2. Identify threats to EFH

3. Protect EFH for all harvested species and their prey

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C. Maintain food web dynamics

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D. Catch limited to OSY

1. Establish and regulate takes for all harvested species

2. Continuously monitor population health for all harvested species

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E. Maintain productive, clean and environmentally-friendly aquaculture

1. Change rec. and commercial understanding of “responsible fishing” practices

2. Establish criteria/health and environmental standards and licensing for aquaculture facilities

3. Conduct comprehensive and continuous monitoring of all aquaculture facilities and the surrounding environment

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F. Minimize non-harvest mortalities(e.g., by-catch, catch/release)

1. Identify sources of non-harvest mortalities

2. Manage for non-harvesting mortalities

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