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ATLANTIC MACKEREL, SQUID & BUTTERFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN Atlantic Mackerel Scomber scombrus Long-finned Squid Loligo pealei Short-finned Squid Illex illecebrosus Butterfish Peprilus triacanthus   BLUEFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix   DOGFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN Spiny Dogfish Squalus acanthias   SURFCLAM & OCEAN QUAHOG FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN Surfclam Spisula solidissima Ocean Quahog Arctica islandica   SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP & BLACK SEA BASS FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN   Summer Flounder Paralichtys dentatus   Scup Stenotomus chrysops   Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata   TILEFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN   Tilefish Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps   MONKFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN   Monkfish Lophius americanus Last Updated:  March 24, 2008