Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan

Zusammenfassung

NMFS announces that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Secretarial review and is requesting comments from the public. Amendment 13 is intended to revise the quota management program for the black sea bass commercial fishery in order to manage the fishery more effectively and to consider management measures to minimize the effects of fishing on essential fish habitat (EFH).