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A Fishery Management Plan is by design and necessity, in a constant state of improvement through monitoring, assessment, reevaluation and modification to keep fisheries and fishing operations within sustainable targets. Fisheries and the ecosystem are both dynamic and fishery management must be adaptive and responsive to new data, understanding and changing conditions. For this reason, fishery improvement is a central function and objective of sustainable fishery management under a Fishery Management Plan... A Fishery Improvement Process is a central function and objective of science-based adaptive management approach for fisheries under the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA).