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In June 2022, the ISFMP Policy Board and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) approved the Recreational Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda. Upon approving the Harvest Control Rule, the bodies agreed to continue development of several options for setting recreational measures (bag, size, and season limits) for implementation by 2026. The Recreational Measures Setting Process Framework/Addenda considers…
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Consider Final Approval of Proposed Summer Flounder and Scup Recreational Measures for the 2024-2025 Fishing Years and Black Sea Bass Recreational Measures for the 2024 Fishing Year Final Action; Review Proposed Regional Measures (C. Tuohy and T. Bauer); Consider Final Approval of Proposed Regional Measures; Consider Initiation of Addendum to Address Flynet Definition and Boundaries…
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council’s) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) met jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission’s) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass AP on December 4, 2023. The objectives of this meeting were to: ● Review the Monitoring Committee’s recommendations for 2024-2025 recreational management…
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee (MC) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee (TC) met jointly via webinar on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 to discuss use of the Recreational Demand Model (RDM) in setting future recreational management…
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Prepared for the Commissioner Manual
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