Dear Colleagues, NOAA Fisheries wants to hear your thoughts on how we can better address bycatch. We are taking a fresh look at our approaches to reducing bycatch and release mortality with a view toward revising the NOAA Fisheries Bycatch Strategy. With your help, we will build on past successes to develop new, innovative approaches to reduce and minimize bycatch. Bycatch is a complex issue that involves many topics including monitoring, research, implementation and management, enforcement, and evaluating program effectiveness. We also strive to communicate to ensure our efforts are well understood and to foster effective partnerships. We are interested in hearing your opinions and ideas on effective solutions to managing bycatch within these areas. We are particularly interested in your feedback on the following questions: · What do we do well? · What can we do better? How can we improve our effectiveness? · Are there specific science and management approaches we should emphasize? · How should we prioritize our activities? · What kind of incentives would help fishermen to minimize bycatch? · How can we use partnerships to be more effective? Please provide your input by July 10 to nmfs.bycatch@noaa.gov. We will provide additional information and opportunities for input throughout this process. In the meantime, please visit our new Bycatch website <http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/stories/2015/05/05_07_15whatisbycatch.html> to find the latest information on NOAA Fisheries’ bycatch reduction work. Thank you for your participation! Sincerely, Eileen Sobeck Jonathan Shannon *Outreach Specialist* NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources U.S. Department of Commerce Office: 301-427-8431 jonathan.shannon@noaa.gov *Webhttp://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pr/ <http://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pr/>Facebookwww.facebook.com/noaafisheries <http://www.facebook.com/noaafisheries>Twitterwww.twitter.com/noaafisherie <http://www.twitter.com/noaafisheries>sYouTubewww.youtube.com/usnoaafisheriesgov <http://www.youtube.com/usnoaafisheriesgov> The views expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily reflect any position of NOAA, the Department of Commerce, or the government of the United States.*