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Recreational Measures Setting Process for Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish
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A joint meeting with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
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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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The Goal of the Commission’s Addendum and the Council’s Framework is to modify two exemptions to the summer flounder commercial minimum mesh requirements, the Small Mesh Exemption Program (SMEP) and the flynet exemption.
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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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82nd Annual Meeting, October 21 – 24, 2024
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A joint meeting with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC)
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A joint meeting with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC)
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In June 2022, the ISFMP Policy Board and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) 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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This memo indicates 2025 state shares for the scup commercial summer period fishery and black sea bass commercial fishery. Per the provisions of Addendum XXIX, the scup summer period is Thursday, May 1 through Tuesday, September 30.
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