As the idea of the 200-nautical mile fisheries jurisdiction has been widely supported by third world countries, forced by the development of the world situation, the United States announced the establishment of 200-nautical-mile fishery protection zone in 1976, and set up eight fishery management councils within 3-200 nautical miles for the need of fishery management. The council is a quasi-official organization. The members of each council must be individuals with occupational or other experience, and are knowledgeable regarding the conservation and management, or the commercial or recreational harvest. It changes the fishery management model of the United States, from the government-oriented to the government and fishery stakeholder group to consult. The paper analyzes the historical background, function, organizational structure and decision-making procedures of the councils. Finally, it is proposed that our country should make the decision-making process procedural requirements, perfect the support mechanism and establish a process to ensure public participatiton, to improve the fisheries decision-making mechanism.