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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 June 21, 2023 to review the Fishery Information Documents and develop the following Fishery Performance Report for all three species.…
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This assessment of the Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) stock is an update of t he existing 2021 Management Track Assessment (NEFSC 2022). Based on the previous assessment the stock was not overfished and overfishing was not occurring. This 2023 Management Track Assessment updates fishery catch data, research survey indices of abundance, the ASAP assessment model,…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee (MC) and Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on Thursday, May 11, 2022, to review and reassess the configuration of the Recreational Demand Model (RDM) and to discuss the potential for a timeline adjustment to the recreational management measures setting process for the three species.
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, convened via webinar; Thursday, March 2, 2023, and was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Chair Justin Davis.
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At its webinar meeting on March 2, the Board reviewed and approved the presented range of state/regional options for 2023 scup and black sea bass measures as developed by the RDM. Following this meeting, the states will need to select and inform the Commission of their final 2023 state waters measures for both scup and…
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The Recreational Reform Initiative (Initiative) considers improvements to management of recreational fisheries for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish.
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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 November 30, 2022. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss 2023 recreational management measures (i.e., possession limits, size limits,…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC or Council) initiated this Amendment because the allocation percentages do not reflect the current understanding of the recent and historic proportions of catch and landings from the two sectors.
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The goal of the Commission’s Addenda and the Council’s Framework is to establish a process for setting recreational bag, size, and season limits for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish such that measures aim to prevent overfishing, are reflective of stock status, appropriately account for uncertainty in the recreational data, take into consideration…
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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 June 16, 2022 to review the Fishery Information Documents and develop the following Fishery Performance Report for all three species.…
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Joint Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass (SFSBSB) and Bluefish (BF) Advisory Panels
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