The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board approved the final version of Addendum II to Amendment 7 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass.
A summary of the action from those good folks over at ASGA,
The Striped Bass portion of the ASMFC 2024 Winter Meeting is in the books. As many of us could have expected, the same voices who continually come to the table driven by selfish intent resumed their positions on the anti-conservation soapbox. While the final results weren’t perfect, after five contentious hours on the webinar, we have an approved Addendum II in which conservation won on many fronts.