Implementation of the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission received this grant pursuant to the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (CFDA 11.474). The purpose is to assist in the design and implementation of a cooperative state-federal marine and coastal fisheries-dependent statistics program. The mission of the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) is to design, implement, and conduct marine fisheries statistics data collection programs and to integrate those data into a single data management system that will meet the needs of fishery managers, scientists, and fishermen. Project: 3-ACA-166 Final Progress Report Grant no. NA04NMF4740240