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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 (MAFMC) 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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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved for public comment Draft Addendum XXXV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass. The Draft Addendum considers changes to two exemptions to the summer flounder commercial minimum mesh size requirements: the Small…
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Consider Final Approval of Proposed Summer Flounder and Scup Recreational Measures for the 2024-2025 Fishing Years and Black Sea Bass Recreational Measures for the 2024 Fishing Year Final Action; Review Proposed Regional Measures (C. Tuohy and T. Bauer); Consider Final Approval of Proposed Regional Measures; Consider Initiation of Addendum to Address Flynet Definition and Boundaries…
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The Sciaenids Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, via hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Tuesday, August 5, 2025, and was called to order at 2:30 p.m. by Chair Doug Haymans.
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