Government Reorganization: Potential Benefits and Drawbacks of Merging the National Marine Fisheries Service Into the Fish and Wildlife Service: (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781289075385)

Service (FWS) share certain key programmatic responsibilities, they also have programmatic responsibilities unique to each agency. The agencies largely carry out their shared responsibilities independently. For example, both agencies implement the Endangered Species Act, but NMFS generally does so for species found in marine habitats and FWS for species found in fresh water or on land. NMFS and FWS also have responsibilities that are unique to each agency. One of NMFS's unique responsibilities is the federal management of marine fisheries and one of FWS's unique responsibilities is the management of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Author: U. S. Government Accountability Office (
ISBN-10: 1289075387
ISBN-13: 9781289075385
Publisher: Bibliogov
Language: English
Published: 06/27/2013
Pages: 56
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.12d