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Currently, the ISFMP coordinates the conservation and management of 22 Atlantic coastal fish species or species groups. Click on the name below or use the drop down menu to the upper right to obtain species-specific information.

American Eel
American Lobster
Atlantic Croaker
Atlantic Herring
Atlantic Menhaden
Atlantic Sturgeon
Black Sea Bass
Bluefish

Horseshoe Crab
Northern Shrimp
Red Drum
Scup
Shad and River Herring
Spanish Mackerel
Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks

 

Spot
Spotted Seatrout
Striped Bass
Summer Flounder
Tautog
Weakfish
Winter Flounder
For species that have significant fisheries in both state and federal waters (i.e., Atlantic herring, summer flounder, Spanish mackerel), the Commission works cooperatively with the relevant East Coast Regional Fishery Management Councils to develop fishery management plans. The Commission also works with NMFS to develop compatible regulations for the federal waters of the exclusive economic zone.  
     

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