The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass (SFSBSB) Monitoring Committee will meet via webinar on Thursday, August 1, 2024 from 9am-1pm.
The purpose of this meeting is to recommend 2025 catch and landings limits for black sea bass, and to review the previously adopted 2025 limits for summer flounder and scup and recommend changes if necessary. In addition, the Monitoring Committee will review coastwide commercial measures for all three species and recommend changes as appropriate.
Staff contacts:
Julia Beaty (lead for black sea bass): jbeaty@mafmc.org; 302-526-5250
Kiley Dancy (lead for summer flounder): kdancy@mafmc.org; 302-526-5257
Hannah Hart (lead for scup): hhart@mafmc.org; 302-526-5263
Webinar Connection
Click here to join the webinar (If prompted, enter Meeting Number: 2345 825 1222; Password: SFSBSB-MC). After you connect you will have the option to choose whether to use your phone or computer microphone and speakers for audio.
Phone-Only Access: 1-415-655-0001; Access code: 2345 825 1222. Please only use this option if you are not connecting to the webinar on your computer or device. Otherwise follow the audio connection prompts to call in when you join the webinar.
Meeting Materials
Summer Flounder 2025 Specifications
Summer Flounder Commercial Mesh Exemptions Draft Framework/Addendum
Summer Flounder Commercial Mesh Exemptions Draft Framework/Addendum document (to be posted)
Scup 2025 Specifications
2024 Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report (all 3 species, same as linked above)
Supplemental
Black Sea Bass 2025 Specifications
Staff Memo: Recommendations for 2025 Black Sea Bass Specifications
2024 Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report (all 3 species, same as linked above)
Supplemental
Draft 2024 Black Sea Bass Management Track Assessment Report
Additional Information: See the Stock Assessment Support Information (SASINF) Search Tool for additional information on the 2024 Black Sea Bass Management Track and 2023 Research Track assessments, including tables/figures, working papers, and presentations.