National Marine Fisheries Service
Steven A. Murawski, Director of Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is responsible for the stewardship of the management, conservation, and protection of living marine resources within the United States’ Exclusive Economic Zone (water 3 to 200 miles offshore). Steven Murawski is responsible for 30 laboratories, eight offshore research vessels, and 1,400 staff throughout the United States. He previously directed NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Science and Technology. The following is from testimony before the House Committee on Resources during an April 26, 2006, field hearing in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Reauthorization of…
