Category Archives: MAFMC

At Last Week’s ASMFC/MAFMC Meeting, Here’s What Went Down

Posted by Dec 17, 2019 ASMFC, Black Sea Bass, Bluefish, Commercial Fishing, Featured, MAFMC, Policy, Recreational Fishing, Scup Leave a Comment
At Last Week’s ASMFC/MAFMC Meeting, Here’s What Went Down

Big Cuts for Bluefish, While Scup and Black Seabass Dodge a Bullet This article first appeared on Fissues.org On Dec 10th and 11th, the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission met jointly to complete 2020 recreational fishing specifications for bluefish, summer flounder, scup and black seabass. Here’s what happened. […]

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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, ASMFC Address Recreational Fisheries Issues

Posted by Oct 30, 2019 ASMFC, Black Sea Bass, Bluefish, Commercial Fishing, Featured, MAFMC, Policy, Recreational Fishing, Scup, Summer Flounder 1 Comment
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, ASMFC Address Recreational Fisheries Issues

Black sea bass, photo by Charlie Witek. When the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Bluefish and Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Boards (Management Boards) held a series of joint meetings early in October 2019, they addressed a number of recreational fisheries issues that, in […]

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