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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met August 12-14, 2023, in Annapolis, MD. As part of the meeting the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission) Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board (Policy Board), Bluefish Management Board (Board), and Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board (Board), met jointly with the Council to take action…
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This assessment of the Atlantic Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) stock is a management track update assessment of the existing 2022 research track assessment (NEFSC 2022). Stock status for bluefish from the research track assessment (data through 2021) found the stock was not overfished, and overfishing was not occurring.
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Prepared for the Commissioner Manual
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission) Bluefish Advisory Panels (AP) met via webinar on June 12, 2025 to review the Fishery Information Document and develop the following Fishery Performance Report. The primary purpose of this report is to contextualize catch histories by providing information about fishing effort,…
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The MAFMC and ASMFC Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board (Policy Board) have approved modifications to the process for setting recreational measures (bag, size, and season limits), as well as the recreational accountability measures, for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish. The MAFMC recommended these changes through a framework action, and the Policy…
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council’s) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Advisory Panels (APs) met jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission’s) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass and Bluefish APs on March 13, 2025 to review public comment, review a summary of the recent Fishery Management Action…
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This press release revises the February 3rd announcement by changing the date of the New Jersey hearing from February 24 to February 25. The hearing time and location remain the same.
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