Regional Tools and Resources for Commercial Fishermen

Alaska

• Federal Fisheries in Alaska

State Fishing Regulations

• State of Alaska

New England/Mid-Atlantic

• Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program—Principal source of timely marine fishery statistics for Atlantic coast fisheries.
• Fishing Industry Homepage
• Greater Atlantic Region Bulletins
• Permit Information
• Fishing Maps and Charts
• Recent Fishing Regulations

State Fishing Regulations

• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• Rhode Island
• Virginia

Pacific Islands

• Federal Fisheries in the Pacific Islands
• Annual Catch Limits
• Federal Fishing Regulations
• Regulation Summaries and Compliance Guides
• Western Pacific Fisheries Information Network—Fisheries data for assessing, monitoring, and managing fisheries resources in the U.S. Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone.

State Fishing Regulations

• Hawaii

Southeast

• Southeast Federal Fishing Regulations

Caribbean

• Annual Catch Limits
• Seasonal Closures
• Fishing Maps, Charts, and Guides

Gulf of Mexico

• Annual Catch Limits
• Seasonal Closures
• Fishing Maps, Charts, and Guides
• Gulf Fisheries Information Network—A state-federal cooperative program collecting marine commercial, recreational and anadromous fishery data and information in the Southeast Region.

South Atlantic

• Annual Catch Limits
• Seasonal Closures
• Fishing Maps, Charts, and Guides
• Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program—Principal source of timely marine fishery statistics for Atlantic coast fisheries.

State Fishing Regulations

• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Texas

West Coast

• Seasonal Closures
• Fishing Maps, Charts, and Guides
• Federal Fishing Regulations
• Pacific Fisheries Information Network—A collaboration between member state and federal fishery agencies supplying the information needed to effectively manage fish stocks on the west coast of the United States.

State Fishing Regulations

• California
• Oregon
• Washington

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

• Federal fishing regulations for Atlantic HMS.
• Atlantic HMS Home—Find compliance guides, rules and regulations, permits, and landings updates, and sign up for our HMS News.
• Catch Reporting App—Record trips and catch of bluefin tuna, blue marlin, white marlin, roundscale spearfish, sailfish, and swordfish. 
• Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program—Principal source of timely marine fishery statistics for Atlantic coast fisheries.