National Marine Fisheries Service

National Marine Fisheries Service

Agency overview
Formed	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Jurisdiction	United States Department of Commerce
Headquarters	Silver Spring, Maryland, US 38°59′32.1″N 77°01′50.3″W / 38.992250°N 77.030639°W / 38.992250; -77.030639
Employees	4,200 (2019)[1]
Annual budget	US$1.027 billion (2019)[2]
Agency executive	Janet Coit, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries[3]
Parent agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Website	fisheries.noaa.gov

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), informally known as NOAA Fisheries, is a United States federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that is responsible for the stewardship of U.S. national marine resources. It conserves and manages fisheries to promote sustainability and prevent lost economic potential associated with overfishing, declining species, and degraded habitats.