The Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) recently announced new recreational flounder regulations for the 2013 fishing season. The Commission lowered the recreational angling minimum size limit from 16.5 to 16 inches. The recreational creel limit for summer flounder is (4) … Continued
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved Addendum XXIII to the Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Addendum allows for the use of regional measures to manage the 2013 … Continued
The ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board recently initiated the development of Draft Addendum XXIV to the Summer Flounder FMP. The Draft Addendum will propose a mechanism to allow states access to recreational harvest limits (RHL) … Continued
Members of the fishing industry and other stakeholders are invited to attend public listening sessions in North Carolina and Virginia with John Bullard, the NOAA Fisheries Regional Administrator for the Northeast Region. The first listening session will be held in … Continued
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) is soliciting public input as part of the scoping process for Amendment 5 to the Dolphin Wahoo Fishery Management Plan. Amendment 5 would revise management parameters such as Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC), Annual … Continued
At its December meeting in Baltimore, MD, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council considered a number of issues related to the recreational black sea bass fishery. The fishery closed on November 1 after preliminary landings estimates indicated that the harvest limit … Continued
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has announced that the recreational black sea bass fishery will close on November 1, 2012. The fishery will remain closed to recreational fishermen in federal waters (3-200 miles from shore) through the end of … Continued
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) have established commercial quotas and recreational harvest limits for summer flounder for the 2013 fishing season and beyond. The Commission’s actions are final and apply to … Continued
In Virginia, saltwater anglers enjoy seasonal catches of Florida pompano. These delicious fish are caught in late summer from the surf, fishing piers, and near inlets. Florida pompano have oval, compressed bodies and a blunt snout. Adults have silver bodies … Continued
In July, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission announced that the agency was easing recreational striped bass (rockfish) regulations for the 2012 fall fishing season. The simplified regulation removes the no-take slot limit of 28-34 inches that has been in place … Continued