Fisheries Management Info

Alaska Salmon Fisheries Management Plan

The Secretary of Commerce originally approved the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the High Seas Salmon Fishery off the Coast of Alaska East of 175 Degrees East Longitude and implemented it in 1979. In 1990 the FMP title was updated.

Alaska

Implementation Date

1979

Alaska Scallop Fishery Management Plan

This Fishery Management Plan (FMP) governs scallop fisheries in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and the Gulf of Alaska, and includes weathervane scallops and other scallop species not currently exploited.

Alaska

Implementation Date

1995

American Samoa Archipelago Ecosystem Management Plan

The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council developed five fishery ecosystem plans for fisheries in the Pacific Islands region.

Pacific Islands

Implementation Date

2009

Atlantic Herring Management Plan

The Atlantic herring fishery in the Northeastern United States operates from Maine to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and from inshore to offshore waters on the edge of the continental shelf.

New England

Mid-Atlantic

Implementation Date

1999

Atlantic Salmon Management Plan

Wild Atlantic salmon population levels are very low due to a variety of factors, including acid rain, habitat destruction, dams, and historic overfishing.

New England

Implementation Date

1987

Atlantic Sea Scallop Management Plan

The Atlantic sea scallop is one of the most valuable fisheries in the United States. The primary range for the Atlantic sea scallop fishery is along the Atlantic coast from the Mid-Atlantic to the United States/Canada border

New England

Implementation Date

1982

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Management Plan

The surfclam and ocean quahog fishery is managed under a fishery management plan (FMP) developed by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

New England

Mid-Atlantic

Implementation Date

1977

Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs Management Plan

The Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Commercial King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) was approved by the Secretary of Commerce on June 2, 1989. The FMP establishes a State/Federal cooperative management regime.

Alaska

Implementation Date

1989

Bluefish Management Plan

The Atlantic bluefish fishery in the United States operates from Maine to Florida. Bluefish are highly migratory along the United States Atlantic coast and seasonally move. The bluefish fishery uses predominantly gillnets, but oth

Mid-Atlantic

Implementation Date

1990

Caribbean Corals and Reef Associated Plants and Invertebrates Fishery Management Plan (discontinued)

From implementation through October 2022, the Corals and Reef Associated Plants and Invertebrates Fishery Management Plan managed 94 genera or species of corals and 63 genera or species of aquarium trade invertebrates in U.S. Caribbean federal waters.

Caribbean

Implementation Date

1995

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