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Good morning all - if you haven't heard, ASMFC is working on Amendment 7 for Striped Bass Mgt. They are in the opinion collection stage, soliciting information, opinions, wants. desires and "pipe dreams" that they intend to filter through and consolidate into a new series of Mgt. proposals. The...

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Baltimore, MD - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has approved Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The Amendment establishes a 170,800 MT total allowable catch (TAC) beginning in 2013 and continuing until completion of, and Board action on...

Public comment period ends this Friday! If you haven't done so, please be sure to submit your comments by clicking on the link below: http://www.menhadendefenders.org/2012/10/17/you-can-help-restore-menhaden/ Be sure to share this link with your friends and family! Despite science showing...

The upcoming Fall ASMFC Meeting is in Boston this year and the striped bass board will be meeting on November 8, 2011 at 8:00am - 11:00am to discuss a potential reduction in both the commercial and the recreational Striped Bass harvest. Registration opens at 7am. I will be taking off work to...

Atlantic States Schedule Hearings on Atlantic Menhaden Draft Addendum V Atlantic coastal states from Maine through North Carolina have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum V to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The...

Potentially ASMFC Atlantic Striped Bass Board Initiates Addendum to Reduce Fishing Mortality Alexandria, VA - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board has initiated development of Draft Addendum III with the goals of reducing striped bass...

Thank you for your comment. In response to the current trends in the data on the striped bass population and fishery, I made a motion at this morning's Striped Bass Management Board meeting to initiate an addendum to Amendment 6. The motion passed. The addendum will propose management...

ASMFC HEARING ON STRIPED BASS - At 7 p.m. on Sept. 13, New Hampshire's hearing to gather public comment on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Draft Addendum II to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass will begin (also at the Urban...

I will here attempt to summarize last night's hearing in Dedham, MA for those of you who could not make it. There were 32 or 33 people in attendance. It seemed all were recreational fishermen, except for maybe 1 or 2. The Mass Striped Bass Assn. made a strong showing and though most (if not...

ASMFC Public Hearings on Proposal to Increase Commercial Harvest of Striped Bass coming up By Zeno From Mr Charles Witek III from NY CCA Striped bass are arguably the biggest salt water fisheries management success in our region, but there are now some problems. In March, the Atlantic States...

ASMFC Public Hearings on Proposal to Increase Commercial Harvest of Striped Bass coming up By Zeno From Mr Charles Witek III from NY CCA Striped bass are arguably the biggest salt water fisheries management success in our region, but there are now some problems. In March, the Atlantic States...

ASMFC Public Hearings on Proposal to Increase Commercial Harvest of Striped Bass coming up By Zeno From Mr Charles Witek III from NY CCA Striped bass are arguably the biggest salt water fisheries management success in our region, but there are now some problems. In March, the Atlantic States...

I guess my question is if membership in the ASMFC is purely voluntary, then if NY decided to no longer be a member, the ASMFC couldn't tell us what to do with the fish in our waterways, correct?

On 10/1 You will be allowed to comment publicly on Draft Addendum II to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass One of the major points of addendum 2 is to allow carryover of unused commercial quota pounds from one year...

ASMFC Approves River Herring Amendment‏ The following is a press release from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission: ASMFC Approves River Herring Amendment States Water Fisheries to be Closed by January 1, 2012 unless Sustainablity is Demonstrated through State-specific Management...

ASMFC says striped bass stocks are healthy By Nelson Sigelman - February 28, 2008 Striped bass stocks along the Atlantic coast are healthy and growing. An interstate management plan designed to protect the highly migratory striper is working and overfishing is not occurring, according to...

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I just wanted to ask if there is anyone else in the S247 website that has been approached to submit a resume to be on an Advisory Panel to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission? There are a few seats open on quite a few advisory panels with regard to game fish and baitfish and the...

The following is a news release from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission concerning striped bass management: States from New Hampshire through Maryland have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum I to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan...