Fisheries Management Info

Caribbean Queen Conch Fishery Management Plan (discontinued)

From implementation through October 2022, the Queen Conch Fishery Management Plan managed queen conch in U.S. Caribbean federal waters.

Caribbean

Implementation Date

1996

Caribbean Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan (discontinued)

From implementation through October 2022, the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan managed 81 species of reef fish and 58 species of aquarium trade fish in U.S. Caribbean federal waters.

Caribbean

Implementation Date

1985

Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan (discontinued)

From implementation through October 2022, the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan managed spiny lobster in U.S. Caribbean federal waters.

Caribbean

Implementation Date

1984

Coastal Pelagic Species Management Plan

A total of seven stocks are managed under the Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP), comprising four finfish species, one squid species, and eight krill species: Northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine (Sardinops

West Coast

Implementation Date

2000

Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Plan

Domestic and International management of highly migratory species (HMS) such as Atlantic tunas, swordfish, sharks, and billfish.

Highly Migratory Species

New England

Mid-Atlantic

South Atlantic

Implementation Date

2006

Deep-Sea Red Crab Management Plan

The Atlantic deep-sea red crab fishery in the United States operates along the edge of the continental shelf off southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic Bight.

New England

Implementation Date

2002

Fish Resources Of The Arctic Management Plan

This Fishery Management Plan (FMP) governs commercial fishing within the Arctic Management Area for all stocks of fish, except commercial fishing for Pacific salmon and Pacific halibut.

Alaska

Implementation Date

2009

Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific

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

Pacific Islands

Implementation Date

2009

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Plan

This Fishery Management Plan governs groundfish fisheries of the exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea and the portion of the North Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Aleutian Islands which is between 170Ε W. longitude and the U.S.-Russian Convention Line.

Alaska

Implementation Date

1982

Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Management Plan

This Fishery Management Plan governs groundfish fisheries of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the North Pacific Ocean, exclusive of the Bering Sea, between the eastern Aleutian Islands at 170Ε W. longitude and Dixon Entrance at 132Ε40' W. longitude.

Alaska

Implementation Date

1978

Plans & Agreements