This action will consider potential changes to two exemptions to the summer flounder commercial minimum mesh size requirements.
This joint MAFMC-ASMFC action will consider an improved process for setting recreational management measures for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish. This is a follow-on action to the Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda.
This joint Council amendment and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Addendum proposes several changes to the management program for black sea bass commercial fisheries. The Council and Commission took final action in August 2021. The Commission’s Addendum XXXIII measures are final for state waters (0-3 miles from shore) and became effective January 1, 2022. The Council’s amendment is pending implementation.
NOAA Fisheries has released a draft procedural directive intended to provide guidance on when and how the Secretary of Commerce will review and assign management authority over fisheries found across more than one Council jurisdiction.
The Mid-Atlantic and New England Councils are jointly developing a framework action to reduce Atlantic sturgeon bycatch in the monkfish and spiny dogfish large mesh gillnet fisheries.
This action will concurrently conduct the 5-year EFH review required under the Magnuson Stevens Act while amending fishery management plans for the Council, as needed.
This action considers changes to the species separation requirements in the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries. Specifically, the amendment proposes modifications to the regulations to allow for mixed catches onboard vessels.
This joint MAFMC/ASMFC initiative considers approaches for improving the recreational management system for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish.
