National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS

This is an overview of the U.S. fishing industry, its anticipated growth and development, the role of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and its concerns regarding the safety of fishery products for human consumption. 

Arsenic (Note The atomic absorption spectrophotometric graphite furnace methods for arsenic, lead, mercury, and nickel in this monograph were developed at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Charleston Laboratory, for the determination of these trace element contaminants in materials derived from fish oil. This method is intended for the quantitation of arsenic, lead, mercury, and nickel in marine oils at levels as low as 0.10 pg/g for arsenic and for lead and as low as 0.50 (xg/g for mercury and for nickel.)... 

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)... 

In the United States, data on Hg concentration in commercial fish are largely available from two sources (1) the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) study, which sampled fish that were intended for human consumption and which were landed in the United States in the early to mid-1970s (Hall et al. 1978) and (2) the U.S. Food and Drag Administration (FDA) sampling conducted in the early 1990s (FDA 1992). Both data bases represent samples of fish collected from landings and markets in various parts of the United States but do not identify the locations at which samples were obtained or sold. The NMFS data were collected more systematically, represent more species, and generally contain considerably more samples for each species than the FDA data. However, the FDA data are about 20 years more recent than the NMFS data. Analysis of species represented in both data bases by at least three samples (n=15) indicates that, in almost all cases, the Hg concentration... 

Hall, R.A., E.G. Zook, and G.M. Meaburn. 1978. National Marine Fisheries Service survey of trace elements in the fishery resources. U.S. Dep. Comm. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS SSRF-721. 313 pp. 

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Services). (2008). "National Marine Fisheries Services Annual Landings Database." http //www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/stl/commercial/ landings/annual landings.html. Accessed Nov. 5, 2008. 

Figure 13. Production of biomedical test materials in the Charleston Laboratory of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service for a joint NMFS-NIH project. Code numbers for steps are explained in text. Small print identities are N2 = nitrogen atmosphere, A = alkali, E = ethanol, D = distill, U = urea, R = reflux, C = cold water, and S = steam. From (96).

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service http //www.nmfs.noaa.gov... 

Second International Conference on Marine Debris, (2-7 April 1989), Honolulu, Hawaii. NOAA Tech. Mem. NMFS, NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-154. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, DC, eds R.S. Shomura and M.L. Godfrey, pp. 247-266. 

B) The landing quantity and price of oilfish in the US from 1999 to 2007. Data from NMFS (2008), National Marine Marine Fisheries Services Annual Landings Database. 

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