Notice 21 Jul 2025 fishing industry, business meeting, summer flounder, black sea bass, mid-atlantic fishery management, fishery regulations, scup

🎣Public Meeting Notice by Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public webinar meeting.

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Rule 25 Jun 2025 compliance, transportation, imports, administrative practice and procedure, wildlife, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, fishing, fisheries, indians, exports, nmfs, labeling, commercial fishing, canada, fish, treaties, marine resources, russian federation, pacific halibut, antarctica, us commerce, fishery regulations

🎣2025 Management Measures for Pacific Halibut Commercial Fishery

NMFS is implementing annual management measures for the 2025 non-Tribal directed commercial Pacific halibut fishery that operates south of Point Chehalis, WA, (lat. 46[deg]53.30' N) in the International Pacific Halibut Commission's (IPHC) regulatory Area 2A off Washington, Oregon, and California. Annual management measures include fishing periods and fishing period limits. NMFS is also implementing modified permit deadlines for all Area 2A non-Tribal commercial fisheries and is modifying inseason action announcement procedures for the Area 2A non-Tribal directed commercial fishery. These actions are intended to conserve Pacific halibut and provide fishing opportunity where available.

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