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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The TC met via conference call on September 29, 2023 to receive an update on the 2024 River Herring Benchmark Stock Assessment and provide feedback for the habitat model to be used in the assessment. Additionally, the TC met to review planned changes to Maryland’s fishery dependent and independent surveys.
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Cobia Technical Committee Recommendation for State Recreational Management Measures — September 2023
The Cobia Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on September 9 and September 19, 2023, to discuss 2021-2022 state recreational harvest target evaluations, the impacts of keeping status quo recreational management measures in 2024, and recent trends in state and regional recreational cobia landings.
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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 measures for these three species. The primary objective of this meeting was for the MC/TC to decide on the years of data to inform the catch-per-trip assumptions for the upcoming specifications cycle. The group also reviewed how the RDM accounts for uncertainty and variability in…
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