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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Recreational Measures Setting Process for Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish
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As of November 18, 2024, the total reported commercial landings of Atlantic cobia in 2024 from non-de minimis states (New York, PRFC, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina) meets the commercial trigger level.
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The Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) and Ecological Reference Point Workgroup (ERP) met in Arlington, Virginia, and via webinar to discuss a re-analysis of the historic tagging data that resulted in a different estimate of natural mortality and model development of the single-species Beaufort Assessment Model (BAM) and suite of ERP models.
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The Area 1A directed fishery will close effective 9:00 p.m. on November 12, 2024 and remain closed until further notice.
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Consider 2022 Atlantic Striped Bass Stock Assessment Update; Presentation of Stock Assessment Report (G. Nelson); Consider Management Response (if necessary); Consider Draft Addendum I on Quota Transfers for Public Comment (E. Franke)
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