Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; National Standard Guidelines

The Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions is necessary to help compliance the requirements of the MSA to end and prevent overfishing, rebuild overfished stocks, and achieve maximum yield 
Background.
In 2006, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act was established to end and prevent overfishing though the use of annual catch limits and accountability measurements. Some reasons for why the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization act was created was because of: 
National Standard 1 - Optimum Yield.
The National Standard 1 pertains:
National Standard 2 - Scientific Information.
The counsel may decide to allow this type of overfishing if the fishery is not overfished and if all of the following lower conditions are satisfied:
National Standard 3 - Management Units.
The SAFE report provides information to the Councils for determining annual harvest levels for each stock. To the extent practicable, an individual stock of fish shall be managed as a unit throughout its range, and interrelated stocks of fish shall be managed as a unit or in close coordination. National Standard 3 is to induce a comprehensive approach to fishery management. The geographic scope of the fishery, for planning purposes, should cover the entire range of the stocks of fish and to not be overly constrained by Political boundaries. Whenever possible, an Fishery Management Plan should manage interrelated stocks of fish.
National Standard 4 - Allocations.
Defined by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Allocation is "a direct and deliberate distribution of the opportunity to participate in a fishery among identifiable, discrete user groups or individuals" 
National Standard 4 pertains to the conservation and management measures avoiding discrimination between residents of different states. If it is or becomes necessary to assign fishing privileges among various U.S. fishermen, such allocation shall be:
An Fishery Management Plan may not differentiate amount U.S. citizens, nationals, resident aliens, or corporations on the basis of their state or residence.
National Standard 5 - Efficiency.
Conservation and Management measures shall, where practicable, consider efficiency in the utilization of fishery resources; except that no measure shall have economic allocation of its sole purpose. The term "utilization", is meant to be interpreted as; harvesting, processing, marketing, and nonconsumptive use of the resource. In theory, an efficient fishery would harvest the optimal yield with the minimum use of economic inputs as labor, capital, interest and fuel.
This standard highlights one process that a fishery can/should contribute to the planet's benefit with a low effect society:
Another efficient Fishery Management Plan includes:
National Standard 6 - Variations and Contingencies.
Conservation and management measures shall take into account and allow for variations among, and contingencies in, fisheries, fishery resources, and catch. The phrase "Conservation and management" implies the wise use of fishery resources through a management plan that includes some protection against the following uncertainties: Timely respond to resource, industry, and other national and regional needs.
Fishery Management Plans should consist of a suitable impact in favor of conservation. Allowances for uncertainties should be factored into the backbone of a Fishery Management Plan. Examples include: 
National Standard 7 - Costs and Benefits.
Conservation and management measures shall, where practicable, minimize costs and avoid unnecessary duplication. The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires Councils to prepare Fishery Management Plans for overfished fisheries and for other fisheries where regulation will be beneficial according to cost whether its in the present or future.
The following factors shall be considered, among others to implement an Fishery Management Plan:
National Standard 8 - Communities.
Conservation and Management measures shall, consistent with the conservation requirements with the Magnuson-Stevens Act (including the prevention of overfishing and rebuilding of overfished stocks), take into account the importance of fishery resources to fishing communities by utilizing economic and social data that are based upon the best scientific information available in order to:
This standard is meant to take into account the importance of fishery resources to fishing communities from an Fishery Management Plan. This consideration, however, is within the context of the conservation requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Careful consideration regarding the importance of fishery resources to affected fishing communities, thus, must not compromise the achievement of conservation requirements and goals of the Fishery Management Plan.
National Standard 9 - Bycatch.
Conservation and management measures shall, to the extent practicable:
The term "bycatch" is to be interpreted as fish that are harvested in a fishery, but are not sold or kept for personal use.
National Standard 9 requires Councils to consider the bycatch effects of existing and planned conservation and management measures. Bycatch may delay or prevent efforts to protect marine ecosystems, efforts to achieve sustainable fisheries and delay or prevent the full benefits they may provide to the Nation.
Bycatch can increase substantially the uncertainty concerning total fishing-related mortality, which increases difficulty to assess the status of stocks, to set the appropriate Optimal Yield and define overfishing levels. and to ensure that Optimal Yields are attained and overfishing levels are not exceeded. Bycatch may also preclude other more productive uses of fishery resources.
National Standard 10 - Safety of Life at Sea.
Conservation and management measures shall, to the extent practicable, promote the safety of human life at sea. National Standard 10 promotes Councils to reduce the risk in crafting their management measures. If the management measures can meet the other national standards and the legal and practical requirements of conservation and management then there should be no problem. This standard is not meant to give preference to one method of managing a fishery over another.
Non-inclusive list of safety considerations that shall be considered in evaluating management measures under national standard 10:
References.
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