State-Federal Fisheries

INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES ACT

What does it do?

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (Act) projects are carried out to gather information and conduct activities that support management of United States multi-jurisdictional fisheries. These projects respond to fishery research, habitat, and law enforcement needs under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, Great Lakes Fisheries Commission s Strategic Plan, and the individual multi jurisdictional State and interstate marine fisheries commission fisheries management planning programs. Many of the projects funded are long term base elements that support the fishery management programs in Federal, State, and Territorial fisheries. Therefore, funding under the Act provides a stable funding base for much of the interstate and Federal fisheries management programs that are carried out in U.S. waters.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

A list of types of recent projects funded under the Act by NMFS Region is :

Northeast

Maine-Virginia
Cooperative interjurisdictional fisheries management planning through preparation, monitoring, and revision of Interstate Fisheries Management Plans (FMP) for such species as Black Sea Bass, Scup, Tautog, and American Eel and Horseshoe Crab.

Connecticut
Collection of biological and fishery information of American lobster in Connecticut waters with an emphasis on Long Island Sound.

Delaware
A coastal finfish stock assessment survey in Delaware Bay.

Illinois
Conduct an annual assessment of the smallmouth bass resource in the Illinois waters of Lake Michgan.

Maine
A multispecies resource monitoring and assessment project targeting American lobster, Atlantic herring, sea urchin, Northern shrimp and groundfish stocks in the Gulf of Maine.

Maryland
Collection and analysis of Maryland's interjurisdictional fisheries landings.

Massachusetts
Collection of fishery landings by species and gear for Massachusetts' interjurisdictional resources.

Investigation of gear technologies for bycatch reduction in Massachusetts waters.

Michigan
Assessment of whitefish populations in the treaty area of Lake Michigan.

Activities to limit the spread of non-native (exotic) nuisance species in the Great Lakes.

Minnesota
Monitor the status of lake trout and commercial fish stocks in the Minnesota waters of Lake Superior.

New Hampshire
Monitor the American lobster resource and fishery.

New Jersey
Monitor and inventory New Jersey's surf clam resource.

New York
Collection of biological and fishery information of American lobster in New York waters with an emphasis on Long Island Sound.

Ohio
Evaluate specific habitat conditions for juvenile walleye and yellow perch in wetlands along southeastern Lake Erie.

Pennsylvannia
Monitor American shad and river herring in the Lehigh River.

Rhode Island
Monitor the American lobster resource and fishery in Rhode Island.

Vermont
Research on the smolt production of Atlantic salmon in Vermont tributaries of the Connecticut River.

Virginia
Collection of fishery landings by species and gear for interjurisdictional resources.

Southeast

Preparation, monitoring of FMPs for such species as blue crab, menhaden , striped mullet, shrimp, striped bass, Spanish mackerel, oyster, black drum, spotted seatrout, bluefish , flounder, croakers, and other bottom fish, conchs, eels, and sheepshead.

Alabama blue crab management plan

Florida shrimp fishery management and genetic studies on shrimp, stone crab, and blue crab

Study of the status of Atlantic sturgeon in Georgia

Monitoring and Assessment of Mississippi"s marine fish and shellfish populations

Collection and analysis of North Carolina marine finfish operations

Collection of commerical landings and biostatistics from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Alabama and Mississippi enforcement activities for Interjurisdictional fishery resources

Maintain reporting services on the commercial finfish and shellfish resources of Puerto Rico

Provide information on the parrotfish fishery in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Conduct a fishery independent survey for large and small coastal sharks in state and Federal waters off of South Carolina

Southwest

Collection of fisheries information from commercial and recreational fishermen and seafood dealers in American Samoa

Data collection and data entry of all fishery resources entering the ports of Guam

Analysis of Saipan's seafood markets

Bill fish tagging in the Northern Mariana Islands

Support the Western Pacific Fisheries Information Network in Hawaii

Fisheries logbook analysis for California fisheries

Northwest

Coordinate the development and monitoring of interstate fishery management plans on various west coast interjurisdictional species

Coastal groundfish and shrimp monitoring, management and stock assessment off the coast of Oregon

Dungeness crab biological data collection for Washington State

Stock separation for steelhead in the Snake River Basin, Idaho

Alaska

Southeast Alaska groundfish management and research.

NOTE:

Only eligible state agencies may submit projects to NMFS Regional
Office Grant Coordinators who are the persons to contact for
information and applications. Their names and address are listed
below. For projects that take place in a particular state/territory,
applications must be made through the NMFS Regional Office which covers that
particular state/territory. A list of states covered by each Regional
Office is provided next to the listing of each Regional Office contact.

Headquarters Contact:

Anne Lange, Chief, State-Federal Fisheries Division
Office Sustainable Fisheries
National Marine Fisheries Service
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910

NMFS Regional Contacts:

Harold C. Mears, Director, State/Federal and Constituents Programs Office
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northeast Regional Office, One Blackburn Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
email: grants.information@noaa.gov

Northeast Region's States
CT, DE, IL, IN, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NH, NJ,
NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, VA, WV, WI

Cynthia Binkley, State/Federal Liaison Office
National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Regional Office
9721 Executive Center Drive North
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Email: Cynthia.Pierce@noaa.gov
or visit our homepage at: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/grants/grants.htm

Southeast Region's States/Territories
AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, KY, KS, LA, MS, MO, NE,
NM, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VI

Trisha Culver, Grant-In-Aid Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
Southwest Regional Office
501 W. Ocean Blvd., CA 90802-4213

Southwest's Region's States/Territories
AR, HI, CA, NV, AS, GU, MH, MP, PW

Kevin Ford , Sustainable Fisheries Division
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northwest regional Office
7600 Sand Point Way N.E.
Seattle, WA 98115

Northwest Region's States
CO, ID, MT, SD, ND, UT, WA, WY, OR

John Dow, Program Officer
Shawn Carey, Program Officer
National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Region
P. O. Box 21668
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668
Email: John.Dow @noaa.gov , Shawn Carey@noaa.gov

Alaska Region's State
AK

Updated: June 17, 2005