The mission of the Fisheries Social Science Branch is to provide economic analysis of fishery management actions and to provide direction and analytical support for trade negotiations that reduce foreign barriers to seafood exports. Reports prepared by the Fisheries Social Science Branch are available either through the Southeast Fisheries Science Center as technical memorandums or through the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fisheries Management Councils as documents prepared for specific management and stock assessments.

For information on documents relevant to Southeast Fisheries, click here for the Southeast Fisheries Science Center , or call Harriet Corvino, Library Technician, at 305-361-4229. For information on fisheries documents relevant to the Gulf of Mexico contact the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council For information on on fisheries documents relevant to the South Atlantic contact the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council For databases and publications information provided by NMFS Statistics, go to: Publications and more

Final Report: Preliminary Assessment of the Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Gulf of Mexico Coastal Fishing Communities (File Size: 86MB)

Factors Affecting Participation in Marine Fisheries:  Case Studies in Georgia and North Florida

Identifying Fishing Communities Associated with the Fishing Industry along the Florida Gulf Coast Volume 1: Escambia - Levy Counties (pdf) Volume 2: Alachua - Pinellas Counties (pdf) Volume 3: Hillsborough - Collier Counties (pdf)

Identifying Communities Associated with the Fishing Industry in Louisiana Volume 1: Ascension - Lafayette Parishes (pdf) Volume 2: Lafourche - St. Landry Parishes (pdf) Volume 3: St. Martin - Vermilion Summary (pdf)

Identifying Communities Associated with the Fishing Industry in Texas Identifying Communities Associated with the Fishing Industry in Alabama and Mississippi Potential Fishing Communities in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida: An effort in baseline profiling and mapping Update on the Economic Status of the Gulf of Mexico Commercial Shrimp Fishery

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