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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved for public comment Draft Addendum XXXV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass. The Draft Addendum considers changes to two exemptions to the summer flounder commercial minimum mesh size requirements: the Small…
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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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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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