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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board will meet via conference call on Thursday, March 30 at 12:30 p.m. to consider approval of 2017 summer flounder recreational fishery proposals from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. These proposals require Board approval since they offer alternative management measures from those specified…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, February 2, 2017, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Michael Luisi.
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Summer Flounder Draft Addendum XXVIII for Final Approval (K. Rootes-Murdy) Final Action; Update on 2015 Black Sea Bass Commercial Landings and 2017 Harvest Specifications (K. Rootes-Murdy); Consider Scup Draft Addendum XXIX for Public Comment Action; Set 2017 Scup Recreational Fishery Specifications (K. Rootes-Murdy) Final Action
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Alexandria, VA –The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved Addendum XXVIII to the Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan, maintaining regional management for the 2017 recreational summer flounder fishery. Specifically, the Addendum requires a one‐inch increase in size limit and reduced possession limits to stay within the…
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This Addendum establishes management of the 2017 recreational summer flounder fishery.
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The following memo contains the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee Review of the Draft Addendum XXVIII Options for the 2017 recreational fishery.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board announces the availability of Draft Addendum XXVIII for public comment. The document, which was approved by the Board in early December, presents a suite of management approaches, including regional options, to achieve the 2017 recreational harvest limit (RHL). The Atlantic coastal…
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Bar Harbor, ME – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board initiated development of Draft Addendum XXVIII to the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to consider alternative management approaches, including regional options, for the 2017 recreational summer flounder fishery. The Draft Addendum will have options which are designed to achieve…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Stotesbury Grand Ballroom of the Bar Harbor Club, Harborside Hotel, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 25, 2016 and was called to order at 4:12 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Michael Luisi.
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