ACCSP Metadata Library

The ACCSP is a cooperative state-federal program to design, implement, and conduct marine fisheries statistics data collection programs and to integrate those data into a single data management system that will meet the needs of fishery managers, scientists, and fishermen. The ACCSP will be the source of fisheries statistics on the Atlantic Coast. The ACCSP will be efficient, informative, user-friendly, and reliable. The Program will contribute to the restoration and sustainability of marine fisheries.

1) To provide information on all state and federal marine fisheries-dependent data collection programs on the Atlantic coast that are accessible through the ACCSP data warehouse.

2) To provide information on data collection and management applications created and maintained by the ACCSP.

3) To provide links to the owners of the various data sets that are contained within the ACCSP data warehouse.

4) To provide links to other fisheries-independent data collection programs that are conducted by ACCSP state and federal partners.

The ACCSP is a state-federal partnership composed of 23 entities, including:

1. Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection,

2. District of Columbia Fisheries and Wildlife Division,

3. Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife,

4. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,

5. Georgia Department of Natural Resources,

6. Maine Department of Marine Resources,

7. Maryland Department of Natural Resources,

8. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries,

9. New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game,

10. New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife,

11. New York Department of Environmental Conservation,

12. North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries,

13. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission,

14. Potomac River Fisheries Commission,

15. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management,

16. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources,

17. Virginia Marine Resources Commission,

18. Department of Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries),

19. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS),

20. New England Fishery Management Council,

21. Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council,

22. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and

23. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC).

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