Regulatory Links

How to Get Involved in the Management Process
The Pacific Fishery Management Council has an excellent page on their Web site dedicated to explaining how to get involved in the management process. They also provide links to two documents about how fisheries management works, Understanding Fisheries Management and Fish or Cut Bait, two excellent sources targeted to the commercial fishing community but of great value to recreational fishermen as well.
www.pcouncil.org/operations/involved.html

Links to Fisheries Related Agencies and Organizations

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission was formed by the 15 Atlantic coast states in 1942 in recognition that fish do not adhere to political boundaries. The Commission serves as a deliberative body, coordinating the conservation and management of the states shared near shore fishery resources – marine, shell, and anadromous – for sustainable use.
www.asmfc.org

New England Fishery Management Council
The NEFMC manages fishery resources within the federal 200-mile limit off the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
www.nefmc.org

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is responsible for management of fisheries in federal waters which occur predominantly off the mid-Atlantic coast.
www.mafmc.org

NOAA Fisheries Service
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/

NMFS Permit Shop
Buy permits to fish for Atlantic tunas and report recreational catch.
www.nmfspermits.com/default.asp

ICCAT
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas is an inter-governmental fishery organization responsible for the conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas.
www.iccat.es/main.htm

State Agencies

Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR)
Salt Water
www.maine.gov/dmr

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Freshwater
www.state.me.us/ifw/fishing/index.htm

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Inland Fisheries Division/Marine Fisheries Division
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/fishing.htm

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF)
www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/

MassWildlife
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
(Freshwater Fisheries)
www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/dfw_toc.htm

RI Department of Environmental Management
DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
Marine and Freshwater/Anadromous
www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/fishwild/index.htm

CT Bureau of Natural Resources
Fisheries Division (Inland and Marine)
www.dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/fishing/fdhome.htm