The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission) Bluefish Advisory Panels (AP) met via webinar on June 22, 2023 to review the Fishery Information Document and develop the following Fishery Performance Report. The primary purpose of this report is to contextualize catch histories by providing information about fishing effort, market trends, environmental changes, and other factors.
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 Atlantic Striped Bass Technical Committee (TC) and Draft Addendum II Plan Development Team (PDT) met via webinar on June 28, 2023 to continue discussions on estimating the impact of the 2023 Emergency Action and development of 2024 management options for Draft Addendum II. The June 28 meeting is a follow-up to the June5 TC-PDT meeting.
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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, 2023 to review the Fishery Information Documents and develop the following Fishery Performance Report for all 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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The Atlantic Striped Bass Technical Committee (TC) and Draft Addendum II Plan Development Team (PDT) met via webinar on June 5, 2023 to discuss tasks supporting the 2023 Emergency Action and development of Draft Addendum II, which considers 2024 management options.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, via hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Monday, May 1, 2023, and was called to order at 12:45 p.m. by Chair Jason McNamee.
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Addendum I allows for voluntary transfers of ocean commercial quota contingent on stock status. When the stock is not overfished, the Board will decide if voluntary transfers of ocean commercial quota between states that have ocean quota is allowed, and can set criteria for those transfers. When the stock is overfished, no quota transfers are allowed.
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The TC met via conference call on May 31, 2023 to receive an update from USGS about the Alosine Genetic Stock Identification and Tissue Repository to identify current collection efforts and provide guidelines for future sample collections. Additionally, the TC met to review an update to the Potomac River Fisheries Commission (PRFC) Sustainable Fishery Management Plan (SFMP) for American shad and to review planned management actions in South Carolina for the Edisto River in response to recent low fishery-dependent sustainability metrics.
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee (MC) and Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on Thursday, May 11, 2022, to review and reassess the configuration of the Recreational Demand Model (RDM) and to discuss the potential for a timeline adjustment to the recreational management measures setting process for the three species.
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