Looks like some of our favorite little stripeeee baits may be going the way of the pogies in RI
......Get ready for some good, clean, catch and release pie plates!!!
ASMFC Releases Draft Amendment 14 to the Scup FMP for Public Comment
The Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved sending forward Draft Amendment 14 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for public comment and review. Draft Amendment 14 addresses the development of a rebuilding schedule for scup consistent with requirements of the Sustainable Fisheries Act. These may include fishing mortality rate thresholds.
States from Rhode Island through New Jersey have scheduled the dates and times of their public meetings to gather comment on the Draft Amendment. The details of those meetings follow:
Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife
March 22, 2007, 6:00 PM
Stedman Government Center
4808 Tower Hill Road
Wakefield, Rhode Island
Contact: Brian Murphy at (401) 423-1941
Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection
March 21, 2007, 7:00 PM
Marine Headquarters
Main Building Library
333 Ferry Road
Old Lyme, Connecticut
Contact: Dave Simpson at (860) 434-6043
New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation
March 20, 2007; 7:00 - 11:00 PM
New York DEC Conference Room
205 Belle Mead Road
East Setauket, NY
Contact: Gordon Colvin at (631) 444-0433
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
March 26, 2007; 7:00 PM
Ocean County Administration Building
Room 119
101 Hooper Avenue
Toms River, New Jersey
Contact: Tom McCloy at (609) 292-7794
Fishermen and other interested groups are encouraged to provide input on the Draft Amendment either by attending public hearings or providing written comments. Copies of the Draft Amendment can be obtained via the Commission's website at
www.asmfc.org under Breaking News or by contacting the Commission at (202) 289-6400. Public comment will be accepted until 5:00 PM on April 10, 2007 and should be forwarded to Toni Kerns, Senior Fisheries Management Plan Coordinator for Management, at 1444 'Eye' Street, NW, Sixth Floor, Washington, DC 20005; (202)289-6051 (fax) or
tkerns@asmfc.org (Subject line: Amendment 14). For more information, please contact Toni Kerns at (202) 289-6400 or
tkerns@asmfc.org