ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board to Meet February 3, 2011 to Discuss Recreational Measures for Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass

Arlington, VA – The ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board will meet via a webbased
conference call on February 3, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting will be for the Board to
consider approval of the 2011 state conservation equivalency proposals for summer flounder, as well as
review possible options for recreational black sea bass management. In December, the Board tasked staff
with developing options for regional and state-by-state black sea bass measures. The Board may choose to
move forward with including these options in a draft addendum for public comment to be approved on the
conference call. The Board decided to meet via conference call in February to allow the necessary
administrative time for the states to implement their summer flounder recreational measures before the start
of the 2011 fishery.
To join the call, please go to the ASMFC website under meetings for instructions for the web and
telephone portions of the call, http://www.asmfc.org/meetings.htm. For more information, please contact
Toni Kerns, Senior FMP Coordinator for Management, at (703) 842-0740 or <tkerns@asmfc.org>.