Cooperative Studies Overview New mandates under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to end overfishing and rebuild overfished fisheries, minimize bycatch, identify and protect essential fish habitat, and minimize adverse economic impacts to fishing communities have increased the need for more and better scientific information. The fishing industry can help managers to meet these demands through cooperative data collection and research, and cooperative studies have become increasingly common over the last several years. Why do some cooperative efforts succeed while others fail? Discussion about what it takes to make cooperation successful, what cooperative studies can and cannot accomplish, and how various fishery interest groups respond to this subject begins here. Other Resources National Fisheries Conservation Center Reports Investigating Cooperative Data Gathering National Evaluation of Cooperative Data Gathering Efforts in Fisheries Full Report Title Page, Front Matter, Executive Summary Introduction, Methods, Summary Findings and Lessons Learned Sablefish Longline Survey and Combined Logbook Program Oregon Trawl Enhanced Data Collection Project Cooperative Research Program Addressing Finfish Bycatch Cooperative Tagging Center and Cooperative Shark Tagging Program The Pinger Solution Northeast Scallop Survey National Research Council Reports Improving Fish Stock Assessments Review of Northeast Fishery Stock Assessments Other Reports Karp, W.A., C.S. Rose, J.R. Gauvin, S.K. Gaichas, M.W. Dorn and G.D. Stauffer. 2000. Government-Industry Cooperative Research in the Northeast Pacific: Provisions under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and Examples from the Gulf of Alaska and the Eastern Bering Sea. A paper prepared for a session at the ICES 2000 Annual Science Meeting titled Cooperative Research with the Fishing Industry: Lessons Learned. Cooperative Data Collection and Research Initiatives The FIRST Project The Fishermen and Scientists Research Society NMFS Cooperative Shark Tagging Program NMFS Cooperative Tagging Center Oregon Trawl Enhanced Data Collection Program FishResearch.org Funding Saltonstall Kennedy Grant Program Topic Overview: Fishermen can contribute to the fishery science base by participating in cooperative data collection and research. But significant challenges to cooperation remain. Click here to learn more. We Want to Hear From You: What oceanographic data are needed that could be collected by fishermen at sea? Send your suggestions to us at nfcc@nfcc-fisheries.org

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