Catch Share Programs by Council Region

New England

• Atlantic Sea Scallops IFQ (2010)

• New England Multispecies Sectors (2010)

Mid-Atlantic

• Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog (1990)

• Golden Tilefish (2009)

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

• Individual Bluefin Tuna Quota (2015)

South Atlantic

• Wreckfish (1991)

Caribbean

• No catch share programs

Gulf of Mexico

• Red Snapper (2007)

• Grouper and Tilefish (2010)

North Pacific/Alaska

• Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program (1992)

• Individual Fishing Quota  Halibut and Sablefish (1995)

• Bering Sea AFA Pollock Cooperative (1999)

• Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab (2005)

• Aleutian Islands Pollock (2005)

• Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish (Non-Pollock) Cooperatives - Amendment 80 (2008)

• Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish (2011)

Pacific

• Pacific Sablefish Permit Stacking (2001)

• West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization (2011)

Western Pacific

• No catch share programs

Note: From 1996 to 2002, there was a congressional moratorium on the establishment of new IFQ programs.

In 2007, Congress reauthorized the Magnuson-Stevens Act, Section 303A with provisions for limited access privilege programs.

Additional Resources

North Pacific

NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region

• Community Quota and License Programs and Community Quota Entities

North Pacific Council

• Amendment 80 Cooperatives

• American Fisheries Act Pollock Cooperatives

• Community Development Quota Program

• Crab Rationalization

• Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program

• Halibut & Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program

West Coast

Pacific Council

• Sablefish Permit Stacking Program

• Trawl Rationalization Program

South Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico Council

• Reef Fish Management Plans

South Atlantic Council

• Wreckfish

Greater Atlantic

New England Council

• Northeast Multispecies Groundfish Program

• Sea Scallops

Mid-Atlantic Council

• Surf Clam/Ocean Quahog

• Golden Tilefish

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