November 13, 2026 — The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:
The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board (Board) approved Draft Addendum XXXVII to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for public comment. Draft Addendum XXXVII is intended to complement the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Framework 20 for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass, which was approved for final action in August 2026. The Draft Addendum considers an option to forgive commercial scup quota period overage paybacks in years where the annual quota is not exceeded. The current payback requirements for the commercial scup fishery may unnecessarily constrain harvest opportunities and disrupt the fishery when quota period overages do not result in an annual quota overage.