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Scup Addendum XXIX for Final Approval (K. Rootes-Murdy) Final Action*; Review Summer Flounder Draft Comprehensive Amendment Range of Alternatives for Commercial Issues (K. Rootes-Murdy, K. Dancy); Consider 2017 Black Sea Bass Recreational Measures (K. Rootes-Murdy) Final Action; Review White Paper on Potential Experimental Recreational Wave 1 Black Sea Bass Fishery (B. Muffley) Possible Final Action;…
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Scup Commercial Quota Management
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board will meet via conference call on Thursday, March 30 at 12:30 p.m. to consider approval of 2017 summer flounder recreational fishery proposals from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. These proposals require Board approval since they offer alternative management measures from those specified…
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board announces the availability of Draft Addendum XXIX for public comment. The document, approved by the Board in early February, presents alternatives for shortening the length of the commercial scup summer period and extending length of the winter period(s) to better allocate…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, February 2, 2017, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Michael Luisi.
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Summer Flounder Draft Addendum XXVIII for Final Approval (K. Rootes-Murdy) Final Action; Update on 2015 Black Sea Bass Commercial Landings and 2017 Harvest Specifications (K. Rootes-Murdy); Consider Scup Draft Addendum XXIX for Public Comment Action; Set 2017 Scup Recreational Fishery Specifications (K. Rootes-Murdy) Final Action
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved Draft Addendum XXIX to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan for public comment. The Draft Addendum proposes shortening the length of the commercial scup summer period and extending length of the winter period(s) to better…
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This Addendum establishes management of the 2017 recreational summer flounder fishery.
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