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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Wilson Ballroom of the Langham Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, November 8, 2011, and was called to order at 11:10 o’clock a.m. by Mr. Robert E. Beal.
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Wilmington, DE – The Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) have established the 2012 commercial quotas and recreational harvest limits for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish. The Commission’s actions are final and apply to state waters. The Council will be forwarding its recommendations to NOAA’s Northeast Regional Administrator for final…
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board will meet via a web-based conference call on April 20, 2011 at 2:00 PM. The Board will consider approval of state proposals for their 2011 recreational black sea bass fisheries, as well as review and consider terms of reference for the upcoming…
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board approved state- by-state shares for the 2011 black sea bass recreational season in order to mitigate potential disproportionate impacts to an individual state(s) that coastwide measures may cause. The 2010 regulations resulted in a preliminary estimated harvest of 2.98 million pounds, approximately…
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This Addendum is adopted under the adaptive management/framework procedures of Amendment 12 and Framework 2 that are a part of the Fishery Management Plan for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. The Addendum applies only to the black sea bass fishery management plan. The adaptive management possibilities authorized by Amendment 12 include recreational fishery…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, March 24, 2011, and was called to order at 12:55 o’clock p.m. by Chairman David Simpson.
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Arlington, VA – The ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board will meet via a web- based conference call on February 3, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting will be for the Board to consider approval of the 2011 state conservation equivalency proposals for summer flounder, as well as review…
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Virginia Beach, VA – The Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) initiated the recreational fisheries specification process for the 2011 summer flounder, scup, black sea bass seasons. The Council and Board adopted the use of conservation equivalency (state-by-state measures) to achieve the 2011 recreational harvest limit for summer flounder. The harvest limit (11.58…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Carolina Ballroom of the Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, November 10, 2010, and was called to order 8:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman A.C. Carpenter.
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Philadelphia, PA – The Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) have established the 2011 total allowable landings (TAL) limits for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish. The Commission’s actions are final and apply to state waters. The Council will be forwarding its recommendations to NOAA’s Northeast Regional Administrator for final approval.…
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board has modified the 2010 season length for the black sea bass recreational fishery. The season will now run from May 22 to October 11, 2010 and from November 1 to December 31, 2010. The season represents an extension from what was…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 4, 2010, and was called to order at 8:05 o’clock a.m. by Chairman A.C. Carpenter.
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Proceedings of the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board Meeting – February 2010
The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, February 2, 2010, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman A.C. Carpenter
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The Board and Council met in December of 2009 to establish the 2010 recreational management program. At this meeting, the Board and Council agreed that the states would implement conservational equivalent measures rather than implement a coastwide management program.
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The management units for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass remain unchanged in this Addendum. Specifically, the management unit for scup and 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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