2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

fisherman

The Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance Program and the National Fish Hatchery System are the two primary programs that make up the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The Fisheries program began in 1875. Fishermen from across the United States count on the Fisheries program to maintain the fish population and to ensure future fishing opportunities. They are especially responsible for monitoring species of fish that are in danger of extinction and educating the public about their conservation.

The Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program of the Fish and Wildlife Service has many responsibilities. Their main function is as a planning service. They are responsible for developing a plan to help restore the populations of endangered species of fish. They also monitor the status of stock fish and work on preventing the invasion of a species of a fish that will prey on other species in an unhealthy way. When repopulating occurs, the Management Assistance program monitors the effectiveness of the actions. Their final responsibility is to educate the public about conservation practices.

The National Fish Hatchery program has multi-functional responsibilities. They use hatcheries to breed fish that have no genetic defects and then place them into the wild to repopulate in areas that are depleted. The hatchery workers do research to identify and try to prevent disease that may be affecting fish and aquatic wildlife. In addition to all of this, they also provide refuge habitats to fish that have become an endangered species, as an attempt to allow them time to breed for the purpose of repopulating.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has a Fish Hatchery program that does a wonderful job of ensuring the continued availability of local game fish. Because game fishing is such a large part of the economy in many areas, this helps to ensure the stability of those economies. There are limits set for fishermen in all areas; those limits differ depending on the type of fish being sought. Enforcement of those limits is a responsibility of the Fish Hatchery program and ensures that local game fish, like the largemouth bass and the smallmouth bass do not become extinct from overfishing.