ASMFC Atlantic Striped Bass Board Approves Addendum IV for Implementation in 2015. New Recreational Striped Bass regulations for 2015. (ASMFC, October 31, 2014).
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ASMFC Atlantic Striped Bass Board Approves Addendum IV for Implementation in 2015
October 31, 2014
Mystic, CT – The Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board approved Addendum IV to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass. The Addendum establishes new fishing mortality (F) reference points as recommended by the 2013 benchmark stock assessment. In order to reduce F to a level at or below the new target, coastal states will implement a 25% harvest reduction from 2013 levels. Chesapeake Bay states/jurisdictions will implement a 20.5% harvest reduction from 2012 levels since their fisheries were reduced by 14% in 2013 based on their management program. All states/jurisdictions will promulgate regulations prior to the start of their 2015 fisheries.
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