In 1989 he came to Washington as the agency's national fisheries manager.

Each day, data from the inspections is sent to fisheries managers.

In recent years, genetic diversity has become an important goal of fisheries managers.

Scientists and fishery managers are concerned about the dramatic growth in shark fishing.

Pike are seen as a threat to native wild stocks of salmon by some fishery managers.

Scientists may never be able to track the fluctuations well enough to advise fishery managers on safe exploitation levels.

Fish stocks refers to a fish population in a defined area which is of interest to fishery managers.

The council recommended, though, that fisheries managers take a conservative approach and slightly decrease the quota for 2003.

Stock assessments provide fisheries managers with the information that is used in the regulation of a fish stock.

The study drew criticism from fishery managers and others who took issue with what they called its overly gloomy outlook.