State/Federal Services
The State/Federal Services Team provides
national policy and oversight for NOAA
Fisheries' interactions with 30 coastal
states and island territories/commonwealths,
3 Interstate Marine Fisheries Commissions,
and national groups.
The Team implements and oversees the distribution
of grants for two national (Interjurisdictional
Fisheries Act, Anadromous Fish Conservation
Act) and two regional (Atlantic Coastal
Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, Atlantic
Striped Bass Conservation Act) programs.
The Team , based in Silver Spring , Md.
, works closely with the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission to develop
and implement cooperative State-Federal
fisheries regulations, under the Atlantic
Striped Bass Conservation Act and the Atlantic
Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management
Act.
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