New Regulations for 2024

[pectoralfin]

MidAtlanic Fisheries December 2023 council meeting

[Gerry Zagorski]

Update.... If everything goes as planed, it looks like the final Fluke regs will be decided on the 3/7/2024 NJ Marine Fisheries Council Meeting. Not sure what the options are yet but will keep everyone informed. Looks like Seabass will remain the same as last year.

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

Update.... If everything goes as planed, it looks like the final Fluke regs will be decided on the 3/7/2024 NJ Marine Fisheries Council Meeting. Not sure what the options are yet but will keep everyone informed. Looks like Seabass will remain the same as last year.

Commercial,guys are already seeing the actual cutback already .
Which was more severe than initially slated .
Since cutbacks are the same across the recreational/commercial harvest .
It’s not looking good .

How many times do they get away with reducing bag limits due to their own bag limit choices ?

At the rate we are going right now , we are headed towards the same path as NC , a closed fishery that ended up opening for just 2 weeks last fall .
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[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by dales529

Do you have a link to these proposals? Is this from MAMFC or ASMFC?
Just asking as I haven't located this information.
Thanks

See page 2 of this document https://static1.squarespace.com/stat...FMC-Report.pdf

[frugalfisherman]

Just do what I do. Make your own "regulations".

[Gerry Zagorski]

If history repeats itself which I think is very likely, the state will finalize our Fluke and Seabass regs last minute in the April monthly meeting which usually occurs the first or 2nd Thursday of the month so either the 4th or the 11th. The reason for this is that the feds and the regional councils have to complete their work before the states can do anything to come up with their options for public comment.

Stripers regs will likely be decided before that since we already have emergency measures in place and there's been a ton of focus on them early in the cycle. That and I don't think the states are going to have a choice in the matter and the regs will likely be decided at the federal level unless the majority of the states take issues with them. Like last year, NJ will be the only state to try and push back but we'll get out voted.

Update.... If everything goes as planed, it looks like the final Fluke regs will be decided on the 3/7/2024 NJ Marine Fisheries Council Meeting. Not sure what the options are yet but will keep everyone informed. Looks like Seabass will remain the same as last year.

[PortlyRedhead]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

If history repeats itself which I think is very likely, the state will finalize our Fluke and Seabass regs last minute in the April monthly meeting which usually occurs the first or 2nd Thursday of the month so either the 4th or the 11th.

Thanks Gerry for this information!