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In June 2022, the ISFMP Policy Board and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) approved the Recreational Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda. Upon approving the Harvest Control Rule, the bodies agreed to continue development of several options for setting recreational measures (bag, size, and season limits) for implementation by 2026. The Recreational Measures Setting Process Framework/Addenda considers…
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This memo indicates 2025 state shares for the scup commercial summer period fishery and black sea bass commercial fishery. Per the provisions of Addendum XXIX, the scup summer period is Thursday, May 1 through Tuesday, September 30.
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Prepared for the Commissioner Manual
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This assessment of the Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) stock is a Level-2 2024 management track assessment which updates the 2023 research track assessment model using the WHAM framework to fit a spatially explicit model specified for two regions, North or South of Hudson Canyon.
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Consider Final Approval of Proposed Summer Flounder and Scup Recreational Measures for the 2024-2025 Fishing Years and Black Sea Bass Recreational Measures for the 2024 Fishing Year Final Action; Review Proposed Regional Measures (C. Tuohy and T. Bauer); Consider Final Approval of Proposed Regional Measures; Consider Initiation of Addendum to Address Flynet Definition and Boundaries…
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Report of the Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) Research Track Stock Assessment Working Group. November 20, 2023.
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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 December 4, 2023. The objectives of this meeting were to: ● Review the Monitoring Committee’s recommendations for 2024-2025 recreational management…
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