Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
The Gulf of Mexico Management Council is one of eight regional Fishery Management Councils, which were established, by the Fishery Conservation and Management Act in 1976 (now called the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act). The Counc...
Caribbean Fishery Management Council: Conserving, Restoring and Managing the United States Caribbean Fishery Resources, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands
The CFMC is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is unique in being the only council that does not include one of the fifty states of the Union and in sharing fish stocks with many Caribbean nations. The Caribbean Fishery Management Council is respo...
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is the policy-making organization for the management of fisheries around the Territory of American Samoa, Territory of Guam, State of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and US P...
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, headquartered in Charleston, S.C., is responsible for the conservation and management of fish stocks within the federal 200-mile limit of the Atlantic off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia...