Fishery management plans (FMPs)

A large school of rockfish near the bottom of a rocky reef on the central Oregon coast.

Oregon

The Marine Resources Program has developed the Marine Fisheries Management Plan Framework (pdf 50 pages), a guide to our fisheries managers for building FMPs. Oregon FMPs describe the science of our fishery species and our management approach. MRP will be developing FMPs on other species and species groups as opportunity and resources allow.

Complete state plans include:

• Dungeness Crab Fishery Management Plan (pdf 177 pages)
• Forage fish management plan (pdf 65 pages)
• Oregon's pink shrimp fishery (pdf 24 pages)
• Red abalone fishery management plan (pdf 66 pages)
  
  

FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL

The Marine Resources Program engages in federal FMPs through the Pacific Fishery Management Council, which designs and implements four fishery plans and one ecosystem plan.

• Groundfish FMP
• Highly migratory species FMP
• Coastal pelagic species FMP
• Salmon FMP
• Fishery ecosystem plan

Pacific halibut is managed by the International Pacific Halibut Commission.