Programs improving management of ASMFC managed species in New Hampshire

The passage of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (ACFCMA) in 1993 placed additional responsibilities on Atlantic coast states to cooperatively manage interjurisdictional species through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC). Currently there are ten ASMFC species management plans that the state of New Hampshire is required to be in compliance with under the ACFCMA. They include fisheries management plans for: American lobster, Atlantic menhaden, Atlantic sturgeon, bluefish, northern shrimp, shad and river herring, summer flounder, winter flounder, striped bass and Atlantic sea herring. Grant no. NA66FG0335