Non-regulatory agencies that serve multiple states (Pacific States: Alaska, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington; Atlantic States: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; Gulf States: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida) and as a mechanism for Federal funding of regional fishery projects. Interstate marine fisheries commissions provide a communication exchange between individual fishery management councils and information in the form of data services for various fisheries.