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Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA

Coastal Fisheries Agencies and Organizations

Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA

Greetings. Here are links to coastal and saltwater fisheries agencies, advisory boards, and conservation organizations, both governmental and private side. Most of these organizations have active agendas that affect us as surf fishermen, and that affect the fish and fisheries that we cherish and desire to protect as coastal outdoorsmen. Please feel welcome to use these links to keep informed of organizational agendas that affect our coastal fisheries and fishing worldwide. Got a coastal fisheries agency, saltwater fishing advisory board, or coastal conservation organization site you want to add? Click here to add your coastal fisheries agency or organization now.

Multi-state agencies and organizations:

American Fisheries Society

Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission State Waters

Chesapeake Bioregional Information Online Service (BIOS)

Coast Alliance

Coastal Conservation Association Includes links to local state chapters

Coastal Ecological Inventory Maps

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Manages the EEZ off the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Federal EEZ - NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, NC

National Estuary Program

National Marine Fisheries Service

NMFS Fisheries Science Centers Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest, Alaska

NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center

New England Fishery Management Council Federal EEZ - ME, NH, MA, RI, CT

NOAA Coastal Services Center

North Pacific Fishery Management Council Manages the EEZ off AK

Pacific Fishery Management Council Manages the EEZ off WA, OR, CA

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Manages the EEZ off NC, SC, GA, east FL

United States Army Corps of Engineers

United States Environmental Protection Agency

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council Manages the EEZ off HI, GU, AS

State Agencies & Organizations:

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Marine Resources

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Facilities

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Marine Research  Institute

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Maine Department of Marine Resources

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Service

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management

New Hampshire Fish & Game Department

New Hampshire Wetlands Bureau

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

New Jersey Bureau of Marine Fisheries

New York State Department Environmental Conservation

North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries

North Carolina Division of Coastal Management

Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Virginia Marine Resources Commission

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA


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