ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION

Total received in grants · trailing 12 months
$27M
vs. GOVERNOR'S AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE ($39.2B), largest tracked grant recipient
$0for every U.S. household÷ 131M U.S. households
In perspective
0.0%of all $401.9B in tracked grants
3separate grants, trailing 12 months

ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION has received $27M across 3 federal grants of $1M or more on record.

Data as of August 5, 2026. Source: USAspending.gov, prime contract awards $1M+. Federal spending data lags and has known gaps. This is not a real-time or complete record.

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PURPOSE: TO COORDINATE, PLAN, AND ADMINISTER ACCSP ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL AS PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FISHING INFORMATION TO THE ACCSP PARTICIPANTS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONNEL, AND TO PROVIDE FOR COORDINATION OF THE MARINE RECREATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS (MRIP) SURVEY COMPONENTS. CATCH SAMPLING WILL BE DONE THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF A RECREATIONAL FISHERIES STATISTIC CATCH SURVEY (USING THE EXISTING MRIP METHODOLOGY) IN MAINE THROUGH GEORGIA FOR SHORE, FOR-HIRE, AND PRIVATE MODES. FOR HIRE EFFORT SURVEY DATA WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF WEEKLY TELEPHONE CALLS TO A 10% RANDOM SAMPLE OF THE CHARTER BOAT CAPTAINS FROM MAINE THROUGH GEORGIA. LARGE PELAGIC FISHERIES WILL BE MONITORED THROUGH THE LPIS IN MAINE, AND LPBS DATA COLLECTION IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND MODERNIZATION OF CATCH CARD PROGRAMS IN MARYLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA. ASMFC WILL DEVELOP ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE NMFS HEADQUARTERS OFFICE.
$21,313,488
THE ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT ACT MANDATES A COOPERATIVE STATE-FEDERAL PROGRAM TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF EFFECTIVE INTERSTATE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERY RESOURCES. SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION (2025 2029) WILL PROVIDE FOR COORDINATED COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF 32 INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISH STOCKS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST INCLUDING FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND HABITAT PLANNING, LAW ENFORCEMENT, DATA COLLECTION, STOCK ASSESSMENT, AND RESEARCH. THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, THE STATES, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CAN COLLECTIVELY ENSURE THE SOUND MANAGEMENT OF THEIR SHARED COASTAL FISHERY RESOURCES AND THE RESULTING BENEFITS TO THE FISHING AND NON-FISHING PUBLIC.
$4,800,000
THE INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES ACT OF 1986 (IFA) PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES STATE ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF MANAGEMENT OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THEIR RANGE. STATES ARE APPORTIONED FUNDS ACCORDING TO A FORMULA ESTABLISHED BY THE LAW, AND THEN CARRY OUT PROGRAMS FOR INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES. SECTION 308(C) AUTHORIZES FUNDING TO THE INTERSTATE MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING THE ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION, TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO DEVELOP INTERSTATE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERY RESOURCES.
$1,054,458