Improving the Use of the "Best Scientific Information Available" Standard in Fisheries Management


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Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (FCMA), managers are required to use the "best scientific information available" in the preparation of federal fishery management plans (National Standard 2 in the FCMA). However, the Act provides no further guidance as to how conformance to this standard should be determined. Because adherence to this standard has often been contentious, Congress has considered adding a definition for what constitutes "best scientific information available" in the reauthorization of the FCMA. This report examines both the current application and the controversy over the standard and concludes that a legislative definition would be too inflexible to accommodate regional differences and future advances in science and technology. Instead, the report recommends that NOAA Fisheries adopt procedural guidelines to ensure that the scientific information used in the development of fishery management plans is relevant and timely and is the product of processes characterized by inclusiveness, transparency and openness, timeliness, and peer review.







Native and Non-Native Teachers in English Language Classrooms


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Despite being highly debated in applied linguistics and L2 teaching literature, the controversial issue of (non)nativeness still remains unresolved. Contemporary critical research has questioned the theoretical foundations of the nativeness paradigm, which still exerts a strong influence in the language teaching profession. Written by well-known researchers and teacher educators from all over the world, both NSs and NNSs, the selected contributions of this volume cover a great variety of aspects related to the professional role and status of both NS and NNS teachers in terms of both perceived differences and professional concerns and challenges. The strongest aspects of this volume are the global perspectives and the implications for future research and teacher education. It is precisely this international perspective which makes this volume illustrative of different realities with a similar objective in mind: the improvement of second language teaching and teacher education. In today's world, being a NS or NNS should not really matter but rather teachers' professional competences. This publication thus provides a forum of reflection and discussion for all L2 educators who need to be aware of how much they might offer to their future students.




Magnuson-Stevens Act Amendments of 2002


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Words of the Lagoon


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Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act


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Federal Family Education Loan Program


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Concerns have been raised about the Dept. of Education¿s role in overseeing the lenders & schools that participate in the largest of the Federal government¿s student loan programs, the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). The author was asked to analyze the Dept. of Education¿s use of its oversight, guidance, & enforcement authorities under FFELP. To do this, the author reviewed departmental documents & Federal laws, regulations, & cases & interviewed officials from the Dept. of Education & the student loan industry. Includes recommendations. Charts & tables.




National Monument Fairness Act


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