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The Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call on Monday, October 25, 2021 to receive a presentation on two statistical recreational harvest and catch projection models, discuss general approaches for developing 2022 recreational measures, and review updates on the Harvest Control Rule Addendum/Framework.
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The Commission’s Management Boards for Bluefish and Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass met jointly with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) to adopt 2022-2023 specifications for all four species.
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, concurrent with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, convened via webinar; Wednesday, August 4, 2021, and was called to order at 10:15 a.m. by Chair Adam Nowalsky.
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Consider ISFMP Policy Board Directive for Changes to Addendum XXXIII: Black Sea Bass Commercial Allocation Final Action; Consider Fishery Management Plan Reviews and State Compliance for the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass for the 2020 Fishing Year (D. Colson Leaning/S. Lewis) Action
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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, 2021 to review the Fishery Information Documents and develop the following Fishery Performance Report for the three species.…
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The Advisory Panels of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) met jointly via webinar on March 23, 2021 to review the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment Public Comment Summary and provide recommendations on the alternatives being considered in the amendment.
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Addendum XXXIII and the complementary Amendment developed by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) modify the allocations of the coastwide black sea bass commercial quota among the states, which were originally implemented in 2003 through Amendment 13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP), and extended indefinitely through Addendum…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Monday, February 1, 2021, and was called to order at 9:30 a.m. by Chair Adam Nowalsky.
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