AUGUST 26, 2009
PRESS CONTACT, TINA BERGER, 202/289-6400

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 <[email protected]>.


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Tina Berger
Public Affairs Specialist
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
1444 I Street. NW, Sixth Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202)289-6400
FAX: (202)289-6051
Email: [email protected]
www.asmfc.org