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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved an increase to the 2009 scup total allowable landings limit from 7.34 million pounds to 11.18 million pounds, with the commercial quota revised to 8.4 million pounds and the recreational harvest limit revised to 2.6 million pounds (after the research…
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The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Swan Ballroom of the Atlantic Sands Hotel, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, October 20, 2008, and was called to order at 2:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Jack Travelstead.
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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, August 19, 2008, and was called to order at 10:25 o’clock a.m. by Mr. Robert E. Beal.
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Amendment 2 to the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan (FMP) requires that the Summer Flounder Monitoring Committee meet annually to review the best available biological and fisheries data and make recommendations regarding total allowable landings (TAL) and associated management measures.
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The following are responses of the Technical Committee to questions regarding slot limits for summer flounder posed to them at a meeting held in NH on June 24, 2008. The questions were designed to explore the biological and management implications of a slot limit in the coast wide recreational summer flounder 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 Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 5, 2008, and was called to order at 3:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Jack Travelstead.
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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, February 7, 2008, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Jack Travelstead.
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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 summer flounder is U.S. waters in the western Atlantic Ocean from the southern border of North Carolina northward to the U.S.-Canadian border. The management unit for scup and black sea bass in US waters…
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved Addendum XIX to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Addendum extends the current state-by-state black sea bass commercial management strategy indefinitely and maintains the current summer flounder recreational allocation strategy. It also redefines…
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Port Jefferson, NY – The Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) met this week to finalize the total allowable landings (TAL) limits for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish, and to establish 2008 commercial management measures for the respective fisheries. The Commission’s actions with regards to summer flounder, scup, black sea…
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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, August 14, 2007, and was called to order at 8:05 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Jack Travelstead.
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Amendment 2 to the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan (FMP) requires that the Summer Flounder Monitoring Committee meet annually to review the best available biological and fisheries data and make recommendations regarding the commercial quota and other management measures. This memorandum summarizes fisheries data for summer flounder and details the staff position on the 2008…
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Alexandria, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has approved Amendment 14 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Amendment maintains the current management program for scup, which applies a constant fishing mortality rate of F=0.26 to determine landings and assesses stock status based on available survey…
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The meeting of the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Washington Ballroom of the Radisson Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday, May 9, 2007, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock, a.m., by Chairman Jack Travelstead.
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The meeting of the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Washington Ballroom of the Radisson Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, and was called to order at 2:15 o’clock, p.m., by Chairman Jack Travelstead.
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