PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of the eight Regional Fishery Management Councils are to prepare, monitor and revise fishery management plans and data collection programs for domestic and foreign fishing within the 200-mile U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). This is done with approval and implementation by the Secretary of Commerce who has stewardship responsibility for living marine resources in the EEZ under the MSFCMA.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE;
- Commercial Fisheries;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
- Other private institution/organization;
- Anyone/general public;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other private institutions/organizations;