3.12 Insects
• Te policy of elimination of waterbird bycatch in fsheries should be embraced by all fsheries management entities (in North Carolina, appropriate agencies include the NCWRC, NCDMF, NOAA Fisheries, the USFWS, and the ASMFC). • Minimize oil efects on seabirds through increased enforcement of shipping activities, safe operational procedures, spill clean-up, and rehabilitation of oiled birds. • Strictly enforce the prohibition of debris, line, and net dumping, especially gillnets and longlines. Conservation Programs and Partnerships. Conservation programs, incentives, and partnerships should be utilized to the fullest extent to preserve high-quality resources and protect important natural communities. Protective measures that utilize existing regula- tory frameworks to protect habitats and species should be incorporated where applicable. Habitat conservation or preservation can serve numerous purposes in the face of antici- pated climate change, but above all, it promotes ecosystem resilience.
• Develop partnerships between seabird conservation eforts and fshery industries and sport anglers.
• Address impacts to seabirds from ofshore and inshore fsheries in all future fshery plans.
• Consider specifying forage fsh allocations of species used by seabirds as prey, within appropriate FMPs.
• Follow the recommendations for education and outreach measures put forth in the North American Waterbird Conservation Plan (Kushlan et al. 2002 ).
• Follow through on all South Atlantic–Caribbean seabird connections as outlined in the Atlas of Breeding Seabirds of the West Indies to set regional priorities for all the West Indies.
3.12 Insects 3.12.1 Introduction
Insects and other arthropods are the most diverse group of any organisms, plant or animal. Te NC General Statutes defne insects, for the most part belonging to the taxonomic class Insecta, as any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, comprising six-legged, usually winged forms as adults (e.g., beetles, bugs, bees, fies), and other allied classes of arthropods whose members are
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