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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, Tuesday, February 5, 2019, and was called to order at 12:35 o’clock p.m. by Chairmen Robert Ballou.
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PrefaceThis document represents the findings of an Operational Assessment of Black sea bass, scup, bluefish, and monkfish. The meeting was held August 5-7, 2019 at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, MA.
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Consider Approval of Scup Proposals for 2019 Recreational Measures (J. McNamee) Final Action; 2019 Black Sea Bass Recreational Measures (J. McNamee); Consider Approval of Status Quo Measures Possible Final Action; Consider Methodology for Adjusting 2019 Recreational Measures Possible Action; Consider Virginia and North Carolina Proposals for Wave 1 Recreational Fishery Final Action; Report from Black…
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The following memo contains the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee Review of analysis on proposed 2019 Scup recreational measures.
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Addendum XXXI, and the complementary framework action developed by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), modify both bodies’ Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) to allow the use of conservation equivalency for black sea bass recreational management. Both documents also include recommendations to NOAA Fisheries to implement transit provisions in the Exclusive Economic Zone in Block Island…
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Addendum XXXII establishes a new process for establishing management measures for state recreational summer flounder and black sea bass fisheries for the 2019 fishing year and beyond.
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The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board (Board), at its joint meeting with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), approved Addenda XXXI and XXXII to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
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