On Wednesday, April 10, 2024 the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board (Board) will review draft alternatives, preliminary analysis, and initial public input on the Summer Flounder Commercial Minimum Mesh Exemption Framework/Addendum.
Most state-record catches are a game of ounces and inches, but in 2023, several noteworthy fish tipped the scales dramatically between Maine and Virginia.
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has asked coastal states for their thoughts on what scup and summer flounder (fluke) management measures they would propose for 2024 to meet mandated …