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Red drum, striped bass, scup, black sea bass, river herring, Atlantic menhaden, bluefish, and tautog were identified as species to evaluate for the 2018 workshop which took place from March 27-28 at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FL FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL.
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Annapolis, MD – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) and the Mid‐Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) met jointly to establish recreational specifications for black sea bass, scup, and summer flounder; consider approval of Black Sea Bass Draft Addendum XXX for 2018 recreational management; discuss the initiation of a new Bluefish Amendment; and jointly take…
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Atlantic croaker, Atlantic menhaden, bluefish, summer flounder, tautog, and winter flounder were identified as species of interest for the 2017 workshop which took place from April 5-6th at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FL FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL.
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The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Management Boards met via conference call to review the latest recreational harvest estimates from the Marine Recreational Information Program.
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The species of interest for an ageing workshop were Atlantic croaker, black sea bass , bluefish , river herring (alewife and blueback), striped bass, and tautog. Each of these species previously had their own ageing workshop and the group felt that these would be most productive to include in the QA/QC exercise.
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The 60th Stock Assessment Workshop Working Group (SAW 60 WG) prepared the assessment report. The ASMFC Bluefish Technical Committee (TC) and the SAW 60 WG met February 18-20, 2015 in Providence, RI to evaluate data sources in preparation for the SAW 60 WG assessment meeting held April 27-29th, 2015 at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center…
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The updated stock assessment was completed by adding catch and independent indices through 2013 to the previous 1982-2012 assessment.
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The updated stock assessment was completed by adding catch and independent indices through 2012 to the previous 1982-2011 assessment. The result of the analysis shows that bluefish is not overfished or experiencing overfishing.
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The updated stock assessment was completed by adding catch and indices through 2011 to the previous 1982-2010 assessment. The result of the analysis shows that bluefish is not overfished or experiencing overfishing.
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This draft addendum proposes to address the biological sampling protocols for bluefish relative to data needs for the stock assessment.
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