NJMFC Sept. 3 Meeting Update
I just received an update from Tom Fote about this weeks NJMFC meeting about sea bass, scup and summer flounder.
…Tom McCloy sent out the notice below in maroon telling us that these agenda items have been removed from this Thursday’s NJ Marine Fisheries meeting.
Tom Fote
Greetings,
Just completed the conference call of the ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Board to discuss emergency closures in the summer flounder, scup and sea bass recreational fisheries for the remainder this year, 2009.
Even though the projections are that ALL fisheries will be over the harvest target (significantly for scup & sea bass) the Board failed to approve any action for an emergency closure this year.
Therefore, there will be NO action required by the Council at the Sept 3 meeting on these species.
Be advised that management measures for these species could be extremely restrictive in 2010.
Please note that NJ’s recreational summer flounder fishery is projected to exceed our target harvest by 29%.
Tom McCloy
