12 §4608. Participation limited — Article VIII
§4608. Participation limited — Article VIII When any state other than those named specifically in Article II of this compact shall become a party thereto for the purpose of conserving its anadromous fish in accordance with Article II the participation of such state in the action of the commission shall be limited to such species […]
12 §4609. Rights preserved — Article IX
§4609. Rights preserved — Article IX Nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit the powers of any signatory state or to repeal or prevent the enactment of any legislation or the enforcement of any requirement by any signatory state imposing additional conditions and restrictions to conserve its fisheries.
12 §4610. Continued absence — Article X
§4610. Continued absence — Article X Continued absence of representation or of any representative on the commission from any state party hereto shall be brought to the attention of the governor thereof.
12 §4611. Annual appropriation — Article XI
§4611. Annual appropriation — Article XI The states party hereto agree to make annual appropriations to the support of the commission in proportion to the primary market value of the products of their fisheries, exclusive of cod and haddock, as recorded in the most recent published reports of the Fish and Wildlife Service of the […]
12 §4612. Renunciation — Article XII
§4612. Renunciation — Article XII This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each compacting state until renounced by it. Renunciation of this compact must be preceded by sending 6 months’ notice in writing of intention to withdraw from the compact to the other states party hereto.
12 §4613. Regulations; withdrawal — Article XIII
§4613. Regulations; withdrawal — Article XIII The State of Maine enters into an amendment of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact with any one or more of the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida and such other states as may […]
12 §4601. Purpose — Article I
§4601. Purpose — Article I The purpose of this compact is to promote the better utilization of the fisheries, marine, shell and anadromous, of the Atlantic seaboard by the development of a joint program for the promotion and protection of such fisheries, and by the prevention of the physical waste of the fisheries from any […]
12 §4602. Entry into force — article II
§4602. Entry into force — article II This agreement shall become operative immediately as to those states executing it whenever any 2 or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida have executed it in the form […]
12 §4603. Commission — Article III
§4603. Commission — Article III Each state joining herein shall appoint 3 representatives to a commission constituted and designated as the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, as authorized by Title 5, section 12004‑K, subsection 6. One shall be the executive officer of the administrative agency of the state charged with the conservation of the fisheries […]