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Article: National Marine Fisheries Service habitat conservation efforts in the Southeastern United States for 1988.
- Article from:
- Marine Fisheries Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1990
- Author:
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National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Efforts in the Southeastern United States for 1988
Introduction
Since 1970, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Region has been heavily involved in the review of development activities in wetland habitats that support marine, estuarine, and anadromous fishery resources. NMFS mandates to provide analyses and recommendations on activities that affect its trust resources are provided mainly under authority of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. This Act requires that fish and wildlife interests be given equal consideration with other factors in Federal decisions on coastal ...