The Area 1A directed fishery will close effective 9:00 p.m. on November 12, 2024 and remain closed until further notice.
Press Releases
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Informational Webinar to be Held December 5th with Public Comment Deadline Set for December 10th
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Annapolis, MD – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board (Board) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) have jointly approved modifications to two exemptions from the summer flounder commercial minimum mesh size requirements. The Board adopted these changes through Addendum XXXV to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan, and the Council recommended identical measures through a framework action which will be submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service for review and implementation. Current regulations for the summer flounder trawl fishery require a minimum mesh size of…
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Board to Meet in December to Consider Changing Measures for 2025 to Increase Probability of Rebuilding the Stock
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The Commission’s Spiny Dogfish Management Board approved Draft Addendum VII to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Dogfish for public comment. The Draft Addendum considers potential measures to maintain consistency with the federal Fishery Management Plan in response to the proposed rule to implement Spiny Dogfish Framework Adjustment 6.
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Board to Meet in December to Consider Changing Measures for 2025 to Increase Probability of Rebuilding the Stock
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Board Revises 2024/2025 Fishing Year Commercial Quota to 10.25 Million Pounds
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Northern Stock Not Overfishing and Overfishing Not Occurring; Southern Stock Overfished and Experiencing Overfishing
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The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved harvest specifications for horseshoe crabs of Delaware Bay-origin. Taking into consideration the output of the Adaptative Resource Management (ARM) Framework, the Board set a harvest limit of 500,000 male horseshoe crabs and zero female Delaware Bay-origin horseshoe crabs for the 2025 season.
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