Aiming to rebuild the East Coast’s striped bass population, an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) panel yesterday approved an update to its fisheries management plan. The action, known as Addendum II, was designed to reduce striped bass mortality through changes in recreational and commercial fisheries for all Atlantic Coast states. This follows an ASMFC emergency action last year that decreased the maximum size limit in the recreational fishery to 31 inches.
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