Guam § 63117 - Purpose of Community-Based Fisheries Management.
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§ 63117. Purpose of Community-Based Fisheries Management.
(a) The purpose of a community-based fisheries management strategy is to empower coastal resource
communities to protect, preserve, manage, and conserve aquatic life, habitat, and marine communities and
ecosystems, and to ensure the health, welfare and integrity of marine resources for current and future
generations through a more holistic ecosystem-based management approach, which shall be consistent with
this Chapter and 9 GAR Chapter 12 (Fishing Regulations).
(b) The Director of the Department of Agriculture, Mayors, and Municipal Planning Councils shall
have the authority to designate community-based fisheries managed areas and develop fisheries
management plans, along with rules and regulations subject to the Administrative Adjudication Law, 5
GCA Chapter 9. Such rules and regulations may be revisited annually for any revisions to be made through
the Administrative Adjudication Law process.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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