The Bluefish Advisory Panel (AP) met on Wednesday, July 28th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. The goal of the meeting was to discuss the AP process, review recent fishery performance (2020), review the recent management track assessment, and review the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and Monitoring Committee (MC) recommendations.
Advisory Panel Agendas and Summaries
Summaries of input and recommendations from advisory panels consisting of stakeholders, including fishermen, industry representatives, and conservationists.
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A Tautog Advisory Panel (AP) meeting was scheduled for June 21 to provide information on the commercial harvest tagging program implemented last year. Only one AP member was in attendance on the call and declined to provide comments. Staff reached out to AP members by email and phone, and received feedback from industry members.
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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, 2021 to review the Fishery Information Documents and develop the following Fishery Performance Report for the three species. The primary purpose of this report is to contextualize catch histories for the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) by providing information about fishing effort, market trends, environmental changes, and other factors.
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Executive Order 14008 Section 216 (c) Directs NOAA to Collect Recommendations on How to Make Fisheries, Including Aquaculture, and Protected Resources more Resilient to Climate Change, Including Changes in Management and Conservation Measures, and Improvements in Science, Monitoring, and Cooperating Research
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The Advisory Panels of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) met jointly via webinar on April 27, 2021 to review the Bluefish Allocation and Rebuilding Amendment Public Comment Summary and provide recommendations on the alternatives being considered in the amendment.
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The Advisory Panels of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) met jointly via webinar on March 23, 2021 to review the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment Public Comment Summary and provide recommendations on the alternatives being considered in the amendment.
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