[3] Its geographical scope is the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, and the 23 U.S. states in the Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways.

[4][3] It was the first of the three species joint ventures operating within the North American Waterfowl Management Plan to be established.

[3] The joint venture has a management board consisting of eleven members "with representation from Canadian and U.S. wildlife agencies".

[5] It is advised by a technical board composed of waterfowl biologists, which is responsible for project implementation and progress evaluation.

[7] The joint venture has conducted banding and survey programs in cooperation with other organizations, for which data collected is used in harvest management.