Fisheries Management
The Interstate Fisheries Management Program (ISFMP) serves as the core of decision-making, where species management boards establish regulations to conserve fishery resources, supported by an active participation framework. The ISFMP Policy Board oversees this, monitoring stock performance and policy implementation with representation from all member states and several federal agencies.
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Atlantic croaker are managed under Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Croaker (2005) and Addendum I (2011), Addendum II (2014), and Addendum III (2020).
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when projecting Atlantic cobia migrations into the future, researchers suggest Atlantic cobia will migrate into Chesapeake Bay earlier in the year and leave later as a result of warming waters. By mid-century, Atlantic cobia could extend their amount of time spent in the Bay by over 30 days.
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council’s) Bluefish Advisory Panel (AP) met jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission’s) Bluefish AP via webinar on November 12, 2020. The objectives of this meeting were to review and provide feedback on staff recommendations for 2021 recreational measures for 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 via webinar on November 10, 2020. The objectives of this meeting were to review and provide feedback on staff recommendations for 2021 recreational measures for these three species.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Monday, October 19, 2020, and was called to order at 1:15 p.m. by Chair Daniel McKiernan.
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