Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Compact
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| Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Compact | |
| Formation date: | 1983 |
| Member jurisdictions: | 4 |
| Issue(s): | Natural resource management |
| Compact website | |
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The Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Compact is an interstate compact among Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The compact was established to oversee the restoration and management of the Atlantic Salmon population in the Connecticut River. It also created the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission. The compact is congressionally consented.[1]
Text of the compact
The legislature of each member state passes the laws with certain modifications, but the core of the legislation remains the same.
See also
External links
- The Council of State Governments - National Center for Interstate Compacts
- Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Compact
- Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission
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