Meeting Summaries and Reports
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Consider Approval of 2026 Action Plan; Elect Commission Chair and Vice-Chair Final Action; Consider Noncompliance Recommendations, if necessary Final Action
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Law Enforcement Committee Report on Commercial Tagging Program Ten-Year Review (J. Mercer); Consider Addendum III to Amendment 7 for Final Approval Final Action, Review Options and Public Comment Summary (E. Franke), Advisory Panel Report (E. Bochenek), Consider Final Approval of Addendum III to Amendment 7; Continue to Consider Addendum III to Amendment 7 for Final…
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Consider 2025 Single-Species Assessment Update and Ecological Reference Point Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report Action, Overview of Single-Species Assessment (C. Craig), Overview of Ecological Reference Point Assessment (M. Cieri), Presentation of Peer Review Report (S. Gaichas), Consider Acceptance of 2025 Stock Assessments and Peer Review Report for Management Use, Consider Management Response, If…
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Consider 2025 Tautog Stock Assessment Update (K. Drew) Possible Action, Consider Acceptance of Stock Assessment Update for Management Use, Consider Management Response, if necessary; Consider Approval of Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance for the 2024 Fishing Year (J. Boyle); Elect Vice-Chair Action
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Set Delaware Bay Bait Harvest Specifications Final Action, Review Horseshoe Crab and Red Knot Abundance Estimates and Model Results from the Adaptive Resource Management Framework (J. Sweka), Set Specifications for the 2026 Fishing Year or Up to Three Years (C. Starks); Update on Stakeholder Engagement Process Planning for Evaluating ARM Reward, Utility, and Harvest Policy…
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Set Quota Period for the 2026 Area 1A Fishery (E. Franke); Consider Approval of FMP Review and State Compliance for the 2024 Fishing Year (E. Franke)
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Consider Approval of Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance for 2024 Fishing Year (C. Starks); Consider Florida Proposal to Discontinue Young-of-Year Sampling (E. Burgess)
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Consider Red Drum Addendum II: Modifications to Red Drum Management for Final Approval, Review Options, Public Comment Summary, and Advisory Panel Report (T. Bauer), Consider Final Approval of Addendum II; Consider Approval of Black Drum and Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan Reviews and State Compliance for the 2024 Fishing Year (T. Bauer); Progress Update on…
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The Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Ballroom East/West of Hyatt Place Dewey Beach, via hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Wednesday, October 29, 2025, and was called to order at 9:45 a.m. by Chair Megan Ware.
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The Tautog Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Ballroom East/West via hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Monday, October 27, 2025, and was called to order at 1:00 p.m. by Chair Matthew Gates.
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The Atlantic Herring Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Ballroom East/West via hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Monday, October 27, 2025, and was called to order at 11:15 a.m. by Chair Douglas E. Grout.
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The ISFMP Policy Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Ballroom East/West via hybrid meeting, in person and webinar; Thursday, October 30, was called to order at 10:35 a.m. by Chair Dan McKiernan.
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