Summer Flounder Commercial Mesh Size Exemptions Framework/Addendum

This action will consider potential changes to two exemptions to the summer flounder commercial minimum mesh size requirements.

Recreational Measures Setting Process Framework/Addenda

This joint MAFMC-ASMFC action will consider an improved process for setting recreational management measures for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish. This is a follow-on action to the Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda.

Sturgeon Bycatch Framework

The Mid-Atlantic and New England Councils are jointly developing a framework action to reduce Atlantic sturgeon bycatch in the monkfish and spiny dogfish large mesh gillnet fisheries.

Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat Amendment

This action will concurrently conduct the 5-year EFH review required under the Magnuson Stevens Act while amending fishery management plans for the Council, as needed.

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Species Separation Requirements Amendment

This action considers changes to the species separation requirements in the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries. Specifically, the amendment proposes modifications to the regulations to allow for mixed catches onboard vessels.

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