Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries

Commission

Meetings Announcements

  • Black Drum Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop Scheduled for July 18-21 in Arlington, VA

    Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will hold the Black Drum Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop at the Westin Crystal City, 1800 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA. The stock assessment will evaluate the health of the black drum stock and inform management of this species. The Commission’s stock assessment process and meetings are open to the public, with the exception of discussions of confidential data*, when the public will be asked to leave the room. The July Stock Assessment Workshop will focus on evaluation of models developed to estimate stock status. Specifically, the stock assessment terms of reference below…

  • Atlantic Herring Area 1A Days Out Meeting on April 26

    Atlantic Herring Management Board members from the states of Maine, New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will meet via webinar on April 26, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to discuss days out measures for the 2022 Area 1A (inshore Gulf of Maine) fishing season. Days out measures can include specification of the number of consecutive landings days, weekly landings limits, and restrictions on at-sea transfers. The webinar and call information is attached. Federally-permitted Herring Category A vessels must declare into the Area 1A fishery at least 45 days prior to the start of the fishing season. Small-mesh…

  • ASMFC Schedules Red Drum Simulation Assessment Review Workshop for March 28-30, 2022

    The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Red Drum Simulation Assessment will be peer-reviewed from March 28-30, 2022. The Simulation Assessment will evaluate multiple candidate models using simulated data sets to identify the model best suited for tracking red drum population dynamics. Once a preferred model is identified, it will be used in future benchmark assessments to provide advice to the Sciaenids Fishery Management Board on red drum management. The Review Workshop is open to the public and will be held at the DoubleTree Brownstone Hotel, 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. The Workshop agenda can be found here. The Simulation…

  • ASMFC Releases Draft Addenda on Recreational Harvest Control Rule for Public Comment

    Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board (Policy Board) approved for public comment the Recreational Harvest Control Rule Draft Addenda to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Bluefish FMP. The states of Maine through Virginia have scheduled webinar hearings to gather public input on the Draft Addenda between March 16 and April 13, and written comments will be accepted through April 22. Hearing details are attached. The Draft Addenda consider changes to the process used by the Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) to set recreational management…

  • States Schedule Public Hearings on Atlantic Striped Bass Draft Amendment 7

    This press release revises the one issued on February 16 with the follow changes: Maryland’s public hearing that was scheduled for March 28 has switched from an in-person hearing to a webinar hearing; New York has added an additional in-person hearing scheduled for March 23 in New Paltz, NY; and links to the recorded hearing presentation and additional summary resources are now available. Arlington, VA – The Atlantic coastal states of Maine through Virginia have scheduled hearings to gather public input on the Atlantic Striped Bass Draft Amendment 7. Some hearings will be conducted via webinar and some hearings will…

  • ASMFC to Convene Black Drum Benchmark Stock Assessment Data Workshop

    The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will convene a Data Workshop as part of the development of a benchmark stock assessment for black drum that will be used to inform management. At the Workshop, the Black Drum Technical Committee and Stock Assessment Committee will conduct a thorough review of all available data. The Workshop will be conducted virtually by webinar December 7-9, and is open to the public, except for discussions regarding confidential data, when the public will be asked to exit the webinar. The link to the webinar follows: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/307963085. The draft agenda for the Workshop can be found…

  • Atlantic Herring Area 1A Days Out Meeting Scheduled for November 4

    The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Management Board members from the States of Maine, New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will meet via webinar on November 4, 2021 from 9 to 11 a.m., to consider adjusting the landing days for Season 2 (October 1 – December 31) for the 2021 Area 1A fishery (inshore Gulf of Maine). At the September 2021 days out meeting, the landing days were set at zero (0) for Season 2. The webinar and call information is included below: The 2021 Area 1A sub-annual catch limit (sub-ACL) is 2,373 metric tons (mt) after…

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