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  • A Fisheries Observer with a Passion for Her Work

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    Report to Congress on Status of U.S. Fisheries

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  • New Video Introduces Consumers to FishWatch

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  • Farmed Seafood Profiles Now Available on FishWatch.gov

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FishWatch provides easy-to-understand science-based facts to help you make smart sustainable seafood choices. U.S. seafood profiled here is responsibly harvested under strict regulations that work to keep the environment healthy, fish populations thriving, and our seafood industry on the job.

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Sustainability Facts

Ever think about where your farmed seafood comes from? Buying farmed seafood grown in the United States is good for you and good for the country. From a seafood safety standpoint, the United States has some of the strictest environmental and food safety rules and regulations found anywhere in the world. Buying U.S.-grown farmed fish and shellfish guarantees that your seafood meets rigorous state and federal standards and supports American jobs.

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Science Behind Seafood

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Net cameras add new dimensions to observing fish behavior—just ask NOAA’s Advanced Survey Technologies group who recently developed a camera and lighting system that provided hours of quality high-definition video footage of sardines, jack mackerel, squid and other small fishes, like krill. The device also provided video of a sea lion being excluded from the trawl. After some minor modifications, it will be used during an 80-day west coast sardine/hake survey aboard the NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada.

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