The Fisheries Program
The Service's Fisheries Program and its fish hatchery system have played a vital role in conserving America's fishery resources for over 130 years. The program was established mainly to address the following:
- The growing concern over the observed decline in the United States' fishery resources;
- the lack of information concerning the status of the Nation's fisheries; and
- the need to define and protect U.S. fishing rights.
The Fisheries Program has worked with valued partners including States, Native American tribes, Federal Agencies, other Service programs, and private interests in a larger effort to conserve fish and other aquatic resources.
Read more about this topic: National Fish Hatchery System
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