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The Black Sea Bass Recreational Working Group (Rec WG) met via conference call to discuss the proposed options in Draft Addendum XXX and make recommendations regarding the options to be included in the document for public comment. The following is a summary of the Rec WG’s discussion and subsequent revisions to the Draft Addendum. Please…
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Consider Draft Addendum XXX for Board for Public Comment (K. Rootes-Murdy) Possible Action; Review Preliminary 2017 Recreational Harvest Estimates through Wave 4, if available (K. Rootes-Murdy); Consider 2017 Fishery Management Plan Reviews and State Compliance Reports (K. Rootes-Murdy, C. Starks) Action; Consider Potential 2018 Wave 1 Opening of the Black Sea Bass Recreational Fishery (M.…
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Philadelphia, PA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) and the Mid‐Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) reviewed previously approved specifications for summer flounder, black sea bass and bluefish fisheries and modified 2018 and 2019 specifications for scup. The Commission’s actions are final and apply to state waters. The Council will forward its federal waters…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, August 3, 2017, and was called to order at 10:34 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Michael Luisi.
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Summer Flounder Recreational Working Group Report (K. Rootes-Murdy) Possible Action; Review of 2017 Black Sea Bass Recreational Measures (K. Rootes-Murdy) Possible Action; Black Sea Bass Recreational Working Group Report (K. Rootes-Murdy)
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has found the State of New Jersey out of compliance with the mandatory management measures in Addendum XXVIII to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass. The Commission will notify the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior of its finding.
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This Addendum establishes new start and end dates for the scup commercial quota periods.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Interstate Fisheries Management Policy (ISFMP) Board and Business Session will meet via conference call on Thursday, June 1 at 9:30 a.m. to consider a recommendation from the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board (Board) to find New Jersey out of compliance regarding the state’s 2017 summer flounder…
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