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States to Conduct Public Hearings in January
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Recreational Measures Setting Process for Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish
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Consider Approval of Recreational Measures Setting Process Addenda/Framework for Public Comment (C. Tuohy, T. Bauer, J. Beaty) Action
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ASMFC 82nd Annual Meeting October 21 – 24, 2024
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On October 24, 2024, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission) Interstate Fishery Management Program Policy Board (Policy Board) will meet with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) to consider the Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Recreational Measures Setting Process Framework/Addenda. Under the Commission process for addenda, the Policy Board will consider…
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In June 2022, the ISFMP Policy Board and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) approved the Recreational Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda. Upon approving the Harvest Control Rule, the bodies agreed to continue development of several options for setting recreational measures (bag, size, and season limits) for implementation by 2026. The Recreational Measures Setting Process Framework/Addenda considers…
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The MAFMC and ASMFC Bluefish Advisory Panels (APs) met via webinar on July 31, 2023, to provide comments on bluefish recreational management measures for 2024. AP feedback at this meeting will inform the Council and Board’s August 9th bluefish specifications and recreational management measures discussions.
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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 22, 2023 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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