The State, Federal and Constituent Programs Office facilitates and expedites the approval and implementation of the American Lobster fishery management plan and amendments.  For fishery specific charts on management and recent actions as well as fisheries regulations, click on the links below.  Implementing regulations for these charts are listed under 50 CFR Part 697.

American Lobster

• Seven American Lobster Management Areas
• Restricted Gear Areas
• Areas for Atlantic Large Whale Dynamic Area Management - Temporarily restricts the use of lobster trap/pot & anchored gillnet fishing gear