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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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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board (Board) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) jointly approved several changes to the management program for black sea bass commercial fisheries. These changes include modifying the state allocations of the commercial black sea bass quota, adding the state allocations…
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2021 Recreational Management Measures for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass (D. Colson Leaning, S. Lewis); Consider State Proposals for Adjusting 2021 Recreational Measures Possible Final Action; Consider Virginia Proposal for Wave 1 Recreational Black Sea Bass Fishery Final Action
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) are seeking public comment on the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment. Comments may be submitted at any of five virtual public hearings to be held between February 17 and March 2, 2021 or via written comment…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee (TC) received two proposals, one for summer flounder and one for black sea bass, from New Jersey (NJ) and Massachusetts (MA) respectively, to modify their recreational fisheries in 2021 under conservation equivalency (CE). The proposals detail how states would make small season modifications to allow…
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This assessment of black sea bass (Centropristis striata) is an update through 2019 of commercial and recreational catch data, research survey and fishery-dependent indices of abundance, and the analyses of those data.
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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 via webinar on November 10, 2020. The objectives of this meeting were to review and provide feedback on staff recommendations for…
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) have scheduled a series of public hearings to gather public input on the Commission’s Draft Addendum XXXIII and the Council’s Black Sea Bass Commercial State Allocation Amendment. The Commission initiated the Draft Addendum in October 2019 to consider adjusting the commercial black…
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Black Sea Bass Commercial Management
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