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Consider Approval of Summer Flounder Draft Amendment and Public Hearing Document for Public Comment (K. Dancy, K. Rootes-Murdy) Action: Review Management Alternatives and Presentation of Management Documents; Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management (J. Beaty, C. Starks) Possible Action: Overview of Black Sea Bass Recreational Management Discussion Document; Review Draft Alternatives for Framework/Addendum…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission jointly with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, April 30, 2018, and was called to order at 10:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairmen Bob Ballou and Chairman Michael Luisi.
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ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board to Meet Via Conference Call March 20
Board to Consider Approval of 2018 Recreational Black Sea Bass Regional Proposals
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Red drum, striped bass, scup, black sea bass, river herring, Atlantic menhaden, bluefish, and tautog were identified as species to evaluate for the 2018 workshop which took place from March 27-28 at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FL FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL.
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Addendum XXX establishes management of the recreational black sea bass fishery for the 2018 fishing year and beyond. The management unit for black sea bass in US waters is the western Atlantic Ocean from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina northward to the US-Canadian border.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved Addendum XXX to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan. The Addendum establishes a regional allocation of the coastwide Recreational Harvest Limit (RHL) to address state concerns regarding equity and accountability in recreational black sea bass…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia; Tuesday, February 8, 2018, and was called to order at 1:35 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert Ballou.
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