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AIRCRAFT RESOURCE HOURS FOR FISHERIES LAW ENFORCEMENT (1)
Fiscal
1st
5th
7th
8th
11th
13th
14th
17th
Year
District District District District District District
District
District
TOTAL
1992
1,722
303
693
1,097
5,019
1,935
966
3,540
15,275
1993
1,475
304
278
1,055
4,864
2,249
979
3,977
15,181
1994
1,856
310
583
1,313
5,552
1,934
1,223
3,574
16,345
1995
2,286
706
759
1,911
4,012
1,319
1,576
3,537
16,106
1996
2,225
1,143
386
1,861
2,975
1,088
1,744
4,228
15,650
1997
2,698
1,094
305
1,400
2,052
1,263
1,738
4,317
14,867
The overall increase in District Five aircraft hours is due to efforts to
gain a baseline of fishing vessel activity in the Mid-Atlantic region.
1. Total does not include Great Lakes fisheries law enforcement, or
international fisheries activities not captured within a district.
COAST GUARD FISHERIES VIOLATIONS
REGION
FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997
NORTHEAST: 1ST and 5th Districts
New England and Mid-Atlantic
465
441
387
273
256
309
SOUTHEAST: 7th and 8th Districts
Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico
208
431
530
460
278
239
NORTHWEST: 11th and 13th Districts
Pacific Coast
201
253
153
14
40
21
SOUTHWEST: 14th District
Hawaii, Western Pacific
41
96
120
36
17
20
ALASKA: 17th District
378
475
294
100
145
36
TOTAL
1,293
1,696
1,484
883
736
625
There has been a sharp decline in Southeast fisheries violations with
respect to Turtle Excluder Device (TED) regulations. In Fiscal Years 1994
and 1995, the 8th District recorded 238 and 235 TEDS violations
respectively. In FY 1996, only 65 TEDS violations were documented. This
decrease can be attributed to the Coast Guard's and National Marine
Fisheries Service's cooperative education efforts, open forums and pulse
operations from 1994-1996, resulting in increased compliance.
Southwest fisheries violations decreased as a result of the maturation of
the vessel monitoring program on both foreign and domestic fishing
vessels. Additionally, in 1996, crustacean fisheries in District Fourteen
waters were closed.
The significant reduction in FY 1997 fisheries violations in the 17th
District is attributed to the heavy emphasis placed on patrolling the
U.S./Russian Maritime boundary as a result of unprecedented illegal
foreign fishing in U.S. waters, north of the Donut Hole. Nearly constant
patrolling of the boundary minimized coverage of offshore domestic
fisheries in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska.
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