US Fisheries are looking pretty healthy.
NOAA Fisheries released its annual status of US Fisheries this week which reports on the fishing activity and population level for fish stocks in the country.
The report, which has been issued annually since 1997, summarizes the best available science for the 528 federally-managed fish stocks.
Federal scientists say 84 percent of the 253 fish stocks examined for fishing activity were free from overfishing, or not fished at too high a level.
Three fisheries stocks which were considered overfished have now been rebuilt to healthy levels, bringing to 21 the number that have been rebuilt nationwide since 2000.
The report also found other positive changes since last year.
Four fish species were removed from the low-population list and two species were removed from the list of stocks being fished at too high a level.
Three other stocks were moved onto the overfishing and overfished lists this year.
Commercial and recreational fishing currently generate $72 billion per year and support 1.9 million full and part-time jobs.
When all the fisheries are fully rebuilt, they are expected to add $31 billion to the economy and an additional half million jobs.
You can see the full annual status of US Fisheries report – we have posted it on the news page at oysterradio.com.
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