Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Rules and Regulations

This document contains the "Act granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate Compact relating to the better utilization of the fisheries (marine, shell and anadromous) of the Atlantic seaboard and creating the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)" (Public Law 539, Seventy-Seventh Congress, approved by the President on May 4, 1942,); amended by Act of Congress (Public Law 721, 81st Congress, approved by the President August 19, 1950). It also contains the rules and regulations for the conduct of ASMFC business, adopted in 1942 and last amended in 2003.The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission was formed by the 15 Atlantic coast states in 1942 in recognition that fish do not adhere to political boundaries. The Commission member states are: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida