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Wilmington, DE – The Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) have established the 2012 commercial quotas and recreational harvest limits for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish. The Commission’s actions are final and apply to state waters. The Council will be forwarding its recommendations to NOAA’s Northeast Regional Administrator for final…
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board will meet via a web-based conference call on April 20, 2011 at 2:00 PM. The Board will consider approval of state proposals for their 2011 recreational black sea bass fisheries, as well as review and consider terms of reference for the upcoming…
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This Addendum is adopted under the adaptive management/framework procedures of Amendment 12 and Framework 2 that are a part of the Fishery Management Plan for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. The Addendum applies only to the black sea bass fishery management plan. The adaptive management possibilities authorized by Amendment 12 include recreational fishery…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, March 24, 2011, and was called to order at 12:55 o’clock p.m. by Chairman David Simpson.
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Virginia Beach, VA – The Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) initiated the recreational fisheries specification process for the 2011 summer flounder, scup, black sea bass seasons. The Council and Board adopted the use of conservation equivalency (state-by-state measures) to achieve the 2011 recreational harvest limit for summer flounder. The harvest limit (11.58…
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This assessment of the scup (Stenotomus chrysops) stock along the Atlantic coast (Massachusetts to North Carolina) is an update through 2010 of commercial and recreational fishery catch data, research survey indices of abundance, and the analyses of those data.
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Carolina Ballroom of the Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, November 10, 2010, and was called to order 8:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman A.C. Carpenter.
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Philadelphia, PA – The Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) have established the 2011 total allowable landings (TAL) limits for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish. The Commission’s actions are final and apply to state waters. The Council will be forwarding its recommendations to NOAA’s Northeast Regional Administrator for final approval.…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 4, 2010, and was called to order at 8:05 o’clock a.m. by Chairman A.C. Carpenter.
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Proceedings of the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board Meeting – February 2010
The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, February 2, 2010, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman A.C. Carpenter
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The Board and Council met in December of 2009 to establish the 2010 recreational management program. At this meeting, the Board and Council agreed that the states would implement conservational equivalent measures rather than implement a coastwide management program.
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The management units for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass remain unchanged in this Addendum. Specifically, the management unit for scup and black sea bass in US waters is the western Atlantic Ocean from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina northward to the US-Canadian border.
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Maine Fisheries Commission convened in Brenton Hall of the Hyatt Regency Newport Hotel, Newport, Rhode Island, November 2, 2009, and was called to order at 10:45 o’clock a.m. by Chairman A.C. Carpenter.
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Newport, Rhode Island – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved Addendum XX to the Fishery Management Plan. Addendum XX allows for the transfer of commercial allocations for black sea bass (entire year) and scup summer period (May 1-October 31) managed under the Commission’s plans. As a practical matter, states…
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Washington, DC – Atlantic coast states from Massachusetts through Virginia have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum XX to Amendment 13 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass. The dates, times, and locations of the scheduled meetings are attached. Please note that some…
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