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Overfished!

Recreational landings of Atlantic bluefish to blame. By Charles Witek On November 19, 2019, the National Marine Fisheries Service formally notified the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council that the Atlantic bluefish stock had become overfished. The Council, which manages bluefish in federal waters, must now create a plan to rebuild that stock.             A benchmark stock assessment released in 2016 found the bluefish stock to be reasonably healthy, so news that it is overfished came as a surprise to some fishermen and to some fishery managers. Yet, in recent years, many anglers along the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts complained about declining bluefish abundance and some asked, Where are the bluefish?             Their answer finally came in an operational stock assessment released in August 2019, which included updated information on recreational fishermen’s effor

New approach to setting black sea bass regulations

Wow! Did I get blindsided Nov. 30 at the Advisory Council on Summer Flounder, Black Sea Bass and Scup meeting. I had prepared a statement requesting the same size and bag limits for black sea bass with an extension of the season into January because.

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