Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Atlantic Bluefish Fisheries; 2020-2021 Specifications
Summary
NMFS is implementing 2020 specifications for the summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish fisheries and projecting 2021 summer flounder specifications. The implementing regulations for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan and the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan require NMFS to publish specifications for the upcoming fishing year for each of these species. This action sets the specifications for the 2020 fishing year for these four species and announces the projected 2021 summer flounder specifications.