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Addendum II, as approved by the Board in October 2025, establishes a process for the states to propose changes to regulations to meet the plan’s fishing mortality (F) objectives; establishes a method for states to propose methods to estimate fishing mortality for the evaluation of future regulation changes; establishes a fishing mortality level for southern…
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Prepared for the Commissioner Manual
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A summary of all the board meetings, press releases and motions from the 2025 Annual Meeting.
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The Commission’s Sciaenids Management Board approved Addendum II to Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Red Drum. The Addendum updates red drum management, with the goal of improving efficiency, flexibility, and timeliness in implementation of new regulations and providing assessment advice. In addition, the Addendum modifies the fishing mortality for the…
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South Atlantic Advisory Panel Meeting Summary from October 2025
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Consider Red Drum Addendum II: Modifications to Red Drum Management for Final Approval, Review Options, Public Comment Summary, and Advisory Panel Report (T. Bauer), Consider Final Approval of Addendum II; Consider Approval of Black Drum and Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan Reviews and State Compliance for the 2024 Fishing Year (T. Bauer); Progress Update on…
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The Atlantic coastal states of Maryland through Florida have scheduled hearings to gather public input on Draft Addendum II to Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Red Drum. The Draft Addendum considers several changes to the management programs in the southern (South Carolina to Florida) and northern (New Jersey to North Carolina)…
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Modifications to Red Drum Management
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The Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Subcommittee and the Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (DBETC) met via webinar to review the most recent population estimates for horseshoe crabs and red knots, the harvest recommendations from the ARM for the 2026 fishing year and supporting horseshoe crab and red knot data sets. Below are the agenda items…
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