NOAA Fisheries - What’s new, what are they responsible for……

[MakoMatt]

NOAA’s Mission

https://www.noaa.gov/our-mission-values-and-vision#:~:text=NOAA's%20mission%20is%20to%20understand,America's%20coastal%20and%20marine%20resources.

 

[OVERBORED]

Whenever you use the phrase "economically feasable and socially just" in your mission statement, you lose all objectivity and eventually credibility.

 

[MakoMatt]

I would interrupt “economically feasible” as a good thing in that it says to me the expense should not exceed the result? And “socially just” means to me a fair deal for all the stakeholders?

In any event I think they do tremendous good and wouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water.

 

[MakoMatt]

How to resuscitate a sea turtle

This video is geared more towards the commercial fishermen. That said, if you spend enough time offshore you will have some sea turtle encounters. Although I have never encountered a sea turtle in distress, I know some others that have, and helped them out cutting away entanglements, etc. The information contained in this short video prepared by NOAA you may find useful one day.