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The working group was formed in July 2021 and met over the following two years to address its terms of reference (TORs). This report represents consensus of the working group and includes contributions from working group members and participants.
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee (MC) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee (TC) met jointly via webinar on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 to discuss use of the Recreational Demand Model (RDM) in setting future recreational management…
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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 June 21, 2023 to review the Fishery Information Documents and develop the following Fishery Performance Report for all three species.…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee (MC) and Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on Thursday, May 11, 2022, to review and reassess the configuration of the Recreational Demand Model (RDM) and to discuss the potential for a timeline adjustment to the recreational management measures setting process for the three species.
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, convened via webinar; Thursday, March 2, 2023, and was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Chair Justin Davis.
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Black sea bass, bluefish, cobia, red drum, scup, tautog, and weakfish were identified as species to evaluate for the 2023 workshop which took place from March 8-9th at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FL FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL. This is the first year that cobia and weakfish have been evaluated by the…
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At its webinar meeting on March 2, the Board reviewed and approved the presented range of state/regional options for 2023 scup and black sea bass measures as developed by the RDM. Following this meeting, the states will need to select and inform the Commission of their final 2023 state waters measures for both scup and…
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Proposed 2023 Regional Recreational Management Measures for Scup and Black Sea Bass
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The Recreational Reform Initiative (Initiative) considers improvements to management of recreational fisheries for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish.
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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 November 30, 2022. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss 2023 recreational management measures (i.e., possession limits, size limits,…
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