Fishery Management Reports (organized by species)

American Eel

• Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Eel (November 1999)
  • Addendum II (October 2008)
  • Addendum I (February 2006)

American Lobster

• Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster (December 1997)
  • American Lobster Addendum XX: LCMA 3 Closed Area II Season (May 2013)
  • Addendum XIX: Lobster Conservation Area 3 Conservation Tax (February 2013)
  • Addendum XVIII (August 2012)
  • Addendum XVII: Southern New England Management Measures (February 2012)
  • Addendum XVI: Reference Points (May 2010)
  • Addendum XV (November 2009)
  • Addendum XIV (May 2009)
  • Addendum XIII (May 2008)
  • Addendum XII (February 2009)
  • Addendum XI (May 2007)
  • Addendum X (February 2007)
  • Addendum IX (October 2006)
  • Addendum VIII (May 2006)
  • Addendum VII (November 2005)
  • Addendum VI (February 2005)
  • Addendum V (March 2004)
  • Addendum IV (January 2004)
  • Technical Addendum 1 (August 2002)
  • Addendum III (February 2002)
  • Addendum II (February 2001)
  • Addendum I (August 1999)
• Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster (1978)
• Federal Plans
  • Amendment 5 to the Federal FMP for American Lobster (1994)
  • Amendment 4 to the Federal FMP for American Lobster (1991)
  • Amendment 3 to the Federal FMP for American Lobster (1989)
  • Amendment 2 to the Federal FMP for American Lobster (1987)
  • Amendment 1 to the Federal FMP for American Lobster (1986)
  • Federal Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster (1983)

Atlantic Croaker

• Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Croaker (November 2005)
  • Addendum I (March 2011)
• Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Croaker (October 1987)

Atlantic Herring

• Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Herring (March 2006)
  • Atlantic Herring Addendum VI (August 2013)
  • Atlantic Herring Addendum II (December 2010)
  • Addendum I (March 2009)
  • Technical Addendum I (August 2006)
• Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Sea Herring (February 1999)
  • Addendum II (February 2002)
  • Technical Addendum 1 (October 2001)
  • Addendum I (July 2000)
• Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (November 1993)

Atlantic Menhaden

• Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden (December 2012)
  • Technical Addendum I (May 2013)
• Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden (July 2001)
  • Addendum V (November 2011)
  • Addendum IV (November 2009)
  • Addendum III (October 2006)
  • Technical Addendum I (February 2006)
  • Addendum II (October 2005)
  • Addendum I (August 2004)
• Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden - 1992 Revision (September 1992)
• Supplement to Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan (October 1986)
• Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden (August 1981)

Atlantic Striped Bass

• Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass (February 2003)
  • Addendum III: Measures to Address Illegal Striped Bass Harvest (August 2012)
  • Addendum II: Definition of Recruitment Failure (November 2010)
  • Addendum I (November 2007)
• Amendment 5 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass (March 1995)
  • Addendum V (January 2001)
  • Addendum IV (October 1999)
  • Addendum III (October 1998)
  • Addendum II (October 1997)
  • Addendum I (January 1997)
  • Source Document to Amendment 5 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass (January 1998)
• Source Document for the Supplement to Striped Bass FMP - Amendment 4 (March 1990)
  • Supplement to Striped Bass FMP - Amendment 4 (October 1989)
• Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass (October 1985)
• Fishery Management Plan for Striped Bass (October 1981)

Atlantic Sturgeon

• Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Sturgeon (July 1998)
  • Addendum IV: Habitat Considerations (September 2012)
  • Addendum III (November 2006)
  • Addendum II (May 2005)
  • Addendum I (January 2001)
  • ASMFC Terms, Limitations, Enforcement and Reporting Requirements for the Purposes of Permitting Importation of non-Indigenous Atlantic Sturgeon and the Development of Private Aquaculture Facilities (January 2001)
• Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Sturgeon (November 1990)

Black Sea Bass

• Amendment 13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan - Executive Summary (August 2002)
  • Addendum XXIII: Black Sea Bass Recreational Management in 2013 (February 2013)
  • Addendum XXI (March 2011)
  • Addendum XX (November 2009)
  • Addendum XVI (May 2005)
  • Addendum XIII (August 2004)
  • Addendum XII (August 2004)
  • Addendum VI (February 2002)
• Amendment 10 to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (1997)
• Fishery Management Plan for Black Sea Bass (October 1996)

Bluefish

• Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bluefish Fishery (1998)
  • Addendum I: Biological Monitoring Program (February 2012)
• Fishery Management Plan for Bluefish (October 1989)

Coastal Sharks

• Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Coastal Sharks (August 2008) Executive Summary only (Please note that despite being a low resolution file, file size is large and it may take time to download. Click here to request a high resolution copy on CD-ROM)
  • Addendum II: Smoothhound Shark State Shares (May 2013)
  • Coastal Sharks Addendum I (September 2009)