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The following is a news release from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board will meet September 1, 2009 to Discuss Recreational Overages
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup
and Black Sea Bass Board will meet September 1, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. to
discuss recreational overages via a web-based conference call. The
Commission's Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board directed
the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board (Board) to
consider potential overages for all three species and take action prior to
September 1. This directive was taken in response information presented to
the Policy Board regarding available black sea bass preliminary
recreational harvest estimates and projections indicating that harvest
will likely result in significant quota overages. Board action could
include emergency measures to prevent further overages in recreational
fisheries for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass.
To join the call, please go to the ASMFC website upcoming meetings for
instructions for the web and telephone portions of the call,
http://www.asmfc.org/meetings.htm. For more information, please contact
Robert Beal, ISFMP Director, at (202)289-6400 or <rbeal@asmfc.org>.
