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The Coastal Pelagics Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, via hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Wednesday, January 24, 2024, and was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Chair Spud Woodward.
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Progress Update on SouthEast Data, Assessment, and Review Atlantic Migratory Group (AMG) Cobia Stock Assessment (C. Tuohy); Review Stock Assessment Roadmap and Planned Commission and State Involvement; Consider Approval of State Recreational Management Measures for AMG Cobia for the 2024 Fishing Year (C. Tuohy & A. Giuliano); Technical Committee Report (A. Giuliano); Review Recent Trends…
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The Coastal Pelagics Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Rachel Carson Ballroom via hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Tuesday, October 17, 2023, and was called to order at 3:15 p.m. by Chair Joe Cimino.
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Cobia Technical Committee Recommendation for State Recreational Management Measures — September 2023
The Cobia Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on September 9 and September 19, 2023, to discuss 2021-2022 state recreational harvest target evaluations, the impacts of keeping status quo recreational management measures in 2024, and recent trends in state and regional recreational cobia landings.
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Consider Approval of Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance for Atlantic Cobia for 2022 Fishing Year (C. Tuohy); Consider Total Harvest Quota for Atlantic Cobia for the 2024-2026 Fishing Years; Technical Committee Report (A. Giuliano); Consider Setting Total Harvest Quota for 2024-2026; Consider Timeline for Potential Review of State Recreational Allocation for Atlantic Cobia;…
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The Coastal Pelagics Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, a hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Wednesday, August 2, 2023, and was called to order at 10:15 a.m. by Chair Joe Cimino.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Coastal Pelagics Management Board approved a total harvest quota for the Atlantic migratory group of cobia of 80,112 fish for the 2024-2026 fishing seasons. This total quota results in a coastwide recreational quota of 76,908 fish and commercial quota of 73,116 pounds. The total quota level was first approved in…
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Recommendation for 2024-2026 Total Harvest Quota for Atlantic Cobia
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Black sea bass, bluefish, cobia, red drum, scup, tautog, and weakfish were identified as species to evaluate for the 2023 workshop which took place from March 8-9th at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FL FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL. This is the first year that cobia and weakfish have been evaluated by the…
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January 23-25, 2024
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