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class="meta-decs"></div> </div> <div class="landing-tab__main-content row"> <div class="col-md-8 col-sm-12"> <div class="wyswyg-edit field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Highly migratory fish travel long distances and often cross domestic and international boundaries. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>These pelagic species live in the water of the open ocean, although they may spend part of their life cycle in nearshore waters. Highly migratory species managed by NOAA Fisheries include tunas, some sharks, swordfish, billfish, and other highly sought-after fish such as Pacific mahi mahi.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>These h</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>ighly migratory species are targeted by U.S. commercial and recreational fishermen and by foreign fishing fleets. Because they migrate long distances and live primarily in the open ocean, only a small fraction of the total harvest of these species is taken within U.S. waters.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In the United States, NOAA Fisheries sustainably manages highly migratory species under the </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/laws-policies#magnuson-stevens-act"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Magnuson-Stevens Act</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul><li><a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/atlantic-highly-migratory-species"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Atlantic Highly Migratory Species</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span> (including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean)</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/sustainable-fisheries/west-coast-highly-migratory-species"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>West Coast Highly Migratory Species</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></li> </ul><p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Responsible management also requires international cooperation through a number of agreements and regional fishery management organizations (or RFMOs) including the</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.iattc.org/HomeENG.htm"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/international-affairs/international-commission-conservation-atlantic-tunas"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Commission on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>and </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/international-affairs/convention-international-trade-endangered-species-wild-fauna-and"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-helpful-resources field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="info-links"> <h2 class="info-links__title">More Information </h2> <ul class="list--arrow info-links__links"> <li class="info-links__links-item"> <a class="link" href="/topic/sustainable-fisheries">Sustainable Fisheries</a> </li> <li class="info-links__links-item"> <a class="link" href="/topic/international-affairs">International Affairs</a> </li> <li class="info-links__links-item"> <a class="link" href="/topic/resources-fishing#commercial-fishing">Commercial Fishing</a> </li> <li class="info-links__links-item"> <a class="link" href="/topic/resources-fishing#recreational-fishing">Recreational Fishing</a> </li> <li class="info-links__links-item"> <a class="link" href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/fishing-and-seafood-permits?title=&management_area%5BHighly%20Migratory%20Species%5D=Highly%20Migratory%20Species&management_area%5BWest%20Coast%5D=West%20Coast&fishing_permits%5B1000006521%5D=1000006521&sort_by=title">HMS Fishing Permits</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <hr> <div class="landing-tab__aux-content"> <div class="views-element-container"> <div class="horizontal-list__container"> <h2 class="horizontal-row__title--nobold">Species News</h2> <div class="horizontal-list--4-column"> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <div class="news-card"> <div class="news-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/inline_field_thumbnail/s3/2024-11/512x341-NCRMP-2024_0.png?h=0a365b51&amp;itok=BUrvwyEi" width="540" height="360" alt="Healthy coral reef with fishes in the foreground, a diver conducts a survey in the background. 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Credit: Artist Studio, llc.</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="news-card__content"> <div class="news-card__eyebrow">Feature Story</div> <h3 class="news-card__title"> <a href="/feature-story/restoring-pocket-estuaries-key-puget-sound-chinook-recovery-washington" class="header-link news-card__title-link"> <span>Restoring Pocket Estuaries Key to Puget Sound Chinook Recovery in Washington </span> </a> </h3> <div class="news-card__region"> <div class="regions "> <div class="regions__vocab"> <span class="west-coast"> <a class="link link--region link--region-west-coast" href="/region/west-coast">West Coast</a> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <div class="news-card"> <div class="news-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/inline_field_thumbnail/s3/2024-10/2000x1333-SweetieSturgeon-GTB.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&amp;itok=Qj24X4fb" width="540" height="360" alt="Fishery biologists Tim Cwalinski from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (left) and Brett Fessell from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (right ) cradle a 140-plus pound female lake sturgeon sampled during spring spawning surveys in the Black River, Cheboygan County. Credit: Grand Traverse Band Restoration Section." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <span class="dam_caption">Fishery biologists Tim Cwalinski from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (left) and Brett Fessell from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (right ) cradle a 140-plus pound female lake sturgeon sampled during spring spawning surveys in the Black River, Cheboygan County. 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class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/atlantic-bigeye-tuna" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2022-07/640x427-Tuna-Bigeye-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=94aSx4Gc" alt="Side-profile of bigeye tuna fish with shiny white on bottom and mid of body and yellow and dark blue on top. Tail fin is dark gray while other fins are more tan. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </span> <h3 class="species-card__title">Atlantic Bigeye Tuna</h3> </a> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/atlantic-blacktip-shark" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2022-07/640x427-Shark-Blacktip-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=NZxuDIEH" alt="Side-profile illustration of a beige-colored blacktip shark with sharp, pointy snout. Underside is white and fins have black tips. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </span> <h3 class="species-card__title">Atlantic Blacktip Shark</h3> </a> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/atlantic-common-thresher-shark" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2022-08/640x427-Shark-Common-Thresher-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=OB4MYGtb" alt="Side-profile illustration of a bluish gray common thresher shark with white underbelly and sickle-shaped tail fin. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </span> <h3 class="species-card__title">Atlantic Common Thresher Shark</h3> </a> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/atlantic-sharpnose-shark" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2022-08/640x427-Shark-Atlantic-Sharpnose-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=rfUdr6-m" alt="Side-profile illustration of an Atlantic sharpnose shark with small, narrow body and pointy snout. Body is shades of gray with some white spots on the side. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </span> <h3 class="species-card__title">Atlantic Sharpnose Shark</h3> </a> </div> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__footer"> </div> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__container"> <div class="horizontal-list--4-column"> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/atlantic-shortfin-mako-shark" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2022-08/640x427-Shortfin-Mako-Shark-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=EwXL5SCD" alt="Side-profile illustration of a bluish gray shortfin mako shark with white underside and pointed snout. Sides are light metallic blue and eyes and pectoral fins smaller (compared to longfin mako shark). Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </span> <h3 class="species-card__title">Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark</h3> </a> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/atlantic-skipjack-tuna" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2022-08/640x427-Tuna-Skipjack-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=Sl5CTSy-" alt="Side-profile illustration of skipjack tuna with dark purplish blue back. Bottom half of body is silvery white with five dark bands/stripes running along the side. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </span> <h3 class="species-card__title">Atlantic Skipjack Tuna</h3> </a> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/atlantic-yellowfin-tuna" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2022-08/640x427-Tuna-Yellowfin-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=wQ7Q4GIZ" alt="Side-profile illustration of yellowfin tuna fish with bright yellow fins and finlets. Body is blue on the top, white on the underside, and there's a yellow stripe along the side. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </span> <h3 class="species-card__title">Atlantic Yellowfin Tuna</h3> </a> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/blacknose-shark" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2024-01/640x427-Blacknose-Shark-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=xK662Omw" alt="Side-profile illustration of a blacknose shark with slender body that is olive, yellowish-gray in coloring and more pale and white in the belly area." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </span> <h3 class="species-card__title">Blacknose Shark</h3> </a> </div> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__footer"> </div> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__container"> <div class="horizontal-list--4-column"> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/bonnethead-shark" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2024-10/640x427-Bonnethead-Shark-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=xxOu9y4E" alt="Graphic illustration of a gray bonnethead shark with a broad, smooth, spade-like head. " typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </span> <h3 class="species-card__title">Bonnethead Shark</h3> </a> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/north-atlantic-albacore-tuna" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2022-09/640x427-Tuna-Albacore-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=juwiBfWn" alt="Side-profile illustration of an albacore tuna with big eyes and torpedo-shaped body. Bottom half of body is silvery white, dark blue on top/back, and lighter blue laterally. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </span> <h3 class="species-card__title">North Atlantic Albacore Tuna</h3> </a> </div> <div class="horizontal-list__item"> <a href="/species/north-atlantic-swordfish" class="species-card"> <span class="species-card__image"> <div class="aspect-ratio--three-by-two"> <div class="aspect-ratio__content"> <img class="dam-image img-responsive" src="/s3//styles/original/s3/2022-09/640x427-Swordfish-NOAAFisheries.png?itok=_U6aj-6A" alt="Side-profile illustration of a gray swordfish with long, sword-like bill, large eye, and black coloring on top. 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