The
mission of the National Seafood Inspection Laboratory (NSIL)
is to provide analytical laboratory, data management, Regulatory
Compliance Risk Analysis, and Information Transfer expertise
to meet the Office of Sustainable Fisheries (OSF) fishery management
and seafood safety responsibilities. Established
as the Regional Pascagoula Technology Station in 1957, NSIL
was reorganized in 1974 to scientifically support the Department
of Commerce National Seafood Inspection Program. As a result
of an Agency reorganization in 1996, NSIL adapted its food safety
risk analysis expertise to support specific fishery management
and data collection programs of the OSF in the headquarters
of the National Marine Fisheries Service. The following links
will take you to brochures describing the various programs of
the NSIL.
National
Seafood Inspection Laboratory programs
Swordfish
import monitoring program
Toothfish
import monitoring program
Contact:
NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Seafood Inspection
Laboratory, P.O. Drawer 1207, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39568-1207.
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to NOAA Fisheries
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