This project will implement and maintain the limited entry commercial fisheries management system for interjurisdictionally-managed fisheries in maryland, which include striped bass, summer…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources $342,817 on October 1, 2025, under the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (CFDA 11.474) to implement and maintain the limited entry commercial fisheries management system for interjurisdictionally-managed fisheries in Maryland, including striped bass, summer flounder, black sea bass, horseshoe crabs, spiny dogfish, and Atlantic menhaden. The Maryland limited entry project meets the requirements of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council coastal management plans. Performance occurs at Cape St Claire, Maryland, over a four-year period ending September 30, 2029.

This project will implement and maintain the limited entry commercial fisheries management system for interjurisdictionally-managed fisheries in maryland, which include striped bass, summer flounder, black sea bass, horseshoe crabs, spiny dogfish, and atlantic menhaden. The maryland limited entry project meets the requirements of the atlantic states marine fisheries commission and mid-atlantic fisheries management council coastal management plans.