U.S. Catch Shares

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Federal Programs

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PROGRAM: Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog PROGRAM: Pacific Sablefish Permit Stacking Program Individual Transferable Quota Program PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) STARTED: 2001 STARTED: 1990 NO. OF SPECIES: 1 NO. OF SPECIES: 2 MANAGED BY: NMFS Northwest and Pacific FMC MANAGED BY: NMFS Northeast and Mid-Atlantic FMC

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: PROGRAM: South Atlantic Wreckfish Individual Transferable PROGRAM Bering Aleutian Island Crab (King and Quota Program Tanner) Individual Quota Rationalization/Individual Processor Quota Program PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ), STARTED: 1991 Cooperative NO. OF SPECIES: 1 : MANAGED BY: NMFS Southeast and South Atlantic FMC STARTED 2005 NO. OF SPECIES: 5 MANAGED BY: NMFS Alaska and North Pacific FMC 3 8

PROGRAM: Western Alaska Community Development PROGRAM: Gulf of Mexico Commercial Red Snapper Quota Program Individual Fishing Quota Program PROGRAM TYPE: Cooperative PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) STARTED: 1992 STARTED: 2007 NO. OF SPECIES: >17 NO. OF SPECIES: 1 MANAGED BY: NMFS Alaska and North Pacific FMC MANAGED BY: NMFS Southeast and Gulf of Mexico FMC

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PROGRAM: Alaska Fixed-gear Commercial and PROGRAM: Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Pilot Cooperative Program Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program PROGRAM TYPE: Cooperative PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) STARTED: 2007 STARTED: 1995 NO. OF SPECIES: 11 NO. OF SPECIES: 2 MANAGED BY: NMFS Alaska and North Pacific FMC MANAGED BY: NMFS Alaska, North Pacific FMC and International Pacific Halibut Commission

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PROGRAM: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands American Fisheries PROGRAM: Bering Sea Aleutian Island Non- Act Pollock Cooperative Program Groundfish Harvest Cooperative Program SECTOR: Inshore Sector PROGRAM TYPE: Cooperative SECTOR TYPE: Cooperative STARTED: 2008 STARTED: 1999 NO. OF SPECIES: 6 NO. OF SPECIES: 1 MANAGED BY: NMFS Alaska and North Pacific FMC MANAGED BY: NMFS Alaska and North Pacific FMC

SECTOR: Mothership Sector SECTOR TYPE: Cooperative 11 STARTED: 1999 NO. OF SPECIES: 1 PROGRAM: Mid-Atlantic Golden Tilefish Individual MANAGED BY: NMFS Alaska and North Pacific FMC Transferable Quota Program PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) SECTOR: Catcher/Processor Sector STARTED: 2009 SECTOR TYPE: Cooperative NO. OF SPECIES: 1 STARTED: 1999 MANAGED BY: NMFS Northeast and Mid-Atlantic FMC NO. OF SPECIES: 1 MANAGED BY: NMFS Alaska and North Pacific FMC

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12 3 PROGRAM: Gulf of Mexico Commercial Grouper and PROGRAM: Virginia Commercial Striped Bass (Rockfish) Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota Program Individual Transferable Quota Program PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) STARTED: 2010 STARTED: 1998 NO. OF SPECIES: 18 NO. OF SPECIES: 1 MANAGED BY: NMFS Southeast and Gulf of Mexico FMC MANAGED BY: NMFS Northeast, Virginia Marine Resources Commission and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission 13

PROGRAM: Atlantic Sea Scallop Individual Fishing Quota Program - Limited Access General Category 4 PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) PROGRAM: Maryland Black Sea Bass Individual Fishing STARTED: 2010 Quota Program NO. OF SPECIES: 1 PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) MANAGED BY: NMFS Northeast and New England FMC STARTED: 2004 NO. OF SPECIES: 1 MANAGED BY: NMFS Northeast, Maryland Department of 14 Natural Resources Fisheries Service and Atlantic States Marine PROGRAM: Northeast Multispecies Sector Fisheries Commission Management Program PROGRAM TYPE: Cooperative STARTED: 2010 NO. OF SPECIES: 13 5 MANAGED BY: NMFS Northeast and New England FMC PROGRAM: Delaware Commercial Black Sea Bass Individual Transferable Quota Program PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) 15 STARTED: 2004 PROGRAM: Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program NO. OF SPECIES: 1 MANAGED BY: NMFS Northeast, Delaware Department of Natural SECTOR: Pacific Whiting Conservation (Catcher/Processor) Resources & Environmental Control and Atlantic States Marine Cooperative Program Fisheries Commission SECTOR TYPE: Cooperative STARTED: 1997 NO. OF SPECIES: 1 MANAGED BY: NMFS Northwest and Pacific FMC 6 SECTOR: Shoreside Individual Fishing Quota Program SECTOR TYPE: Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) PROGRAM: Virginia Black Sea Bass Individual Transferable STARTED: 2011 Quota Program NO. OF SPECIES: 74 PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) MANAGED BY: NMFS Northwest and Pacific FMC STARTED: 2004 NO. OF SPECIES: 1 SECTOR: Mothership Cooperative Program MANAGED BY: NMFS Northeast, Virginia Marine Resources SECTOR TYPE: Cooperative Commission and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission STARTED: 2011 NO. OF SPECIES: 74 MANAGED BY: NMFS Northwest and Pacific FMC

7 State Catch Share Programs PROGRAM: Maryland Summer Flounder Individual Fishing Quota Program 1 PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) STARTED: 2005 PROGRAM: Wisconsin Great Lakes Individual Transferable : Quota Program NO. OF SPECIES 1 MANAGED BY: NMFS Northeast, Maryland Department of PROGRAM TYPE: Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) Natural Resources Fisheries Service and Atlantic States STARTED: 1971 Marine Fisheries Commission NO. OF SPECIES: 6 MANAGED BY: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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PROGRAM: Rhode Island Summer Flounder Sector Allocation Pilot Program PROGRAM: Yaquina Bay Roe-Herring Cooperative Program PROGRAM TYPE: Cooperative PROGRAM TYPE: Cooperative STARTED: 2009 STARTED: 1989 NO. OF SPECIES: 1 NO. OF SPECIES: 1 MANAGED BY: NMFS Northeast, Mid-Atlantic FMC, Rhode MANAGED BY: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Island Department of Environmental Management and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

AS OF December 2011