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NMFS Celebrates 125th Anniversary

United States National Marine Fisheries Service (1996) NMFS Celebrates 125th Anniversary. Marine Fisheries Review, 58(1-2), p. 39.

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    Abstract

    February 9, 1996, marked the 125th anniversary of the creation in 1871 of the U.S. Commission ofF ish and Fisheries, predecessor of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service and the Nation's first Federal conservation agency. "Then, as today, Federal fisheries science was at the forefront of its field and noteworthy for its excellence," noted NMFS Director Rolland A. Schmitten, in announcing the agency's quasquicentennial observance.

    Item Type: Article
    Title: NMFS Celebrates 125th Anniversary
    Corporate Creator/Author: United States National Marine Fisheries Service
    Refereed: Yes
    Journal or Publication Title: Marine Fisheries Review
    Volume: 58
    Number: 1-2
    Page Range: p. 39
    Date: 1996
    ISSN: 0090-1830
    Issuing Agency: United States National Marine Fisheries Service
    Subjects: Biology
    Ecology
    Education
    Fisheries
    Item ID: 9834
    Depositing User: Patti M. Marraro
    Date Deposited: 16 Aug 2012 16:22
    Last Modified: 16 Aug 2012 16:22
    URI: http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/9834

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