Recreational Demand Model Decision Support Tool Working Group For Summer Flounder, Black Sea Bass, and Scup

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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission have adopted a new specification process for setting recreational bag, size, and season limits. The federal and state measures implemented under this new approach are being developed using the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Recreational Demand Model . To improve the performance and functionality of the RDM for management purposes, we are constructing a decision support tool The DST will synthesize and automate the entire RDM process, from data gathering and model construction to model estimation and model outputs. Our goal is to build a user-friendly RDM DST that federal and state fishery managers can readily access for future regulation-setting assessments.

The RDM DST Working Group Meetings are held monthly, every third Thursday of the month, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. All meetings are virtual and the public is welcome to attend.

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Working Group Members

Co-Chairs

Tracey Bauer

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Julia Beaty

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Scott Steinback

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Members

Kimberly Bastille

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Andrew (Lou) Carr-Harris

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Peter Clarke

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

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Kiersten Curti

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Kiley Dancy

Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council

Lorena de la Garza Hernandez

North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries

Steve Doctor

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Hannah Hart

Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council

Emily Keiley

NOAA Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office

Toni Kerns

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Jeff Kipp

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Alexa Galván

Virginia Marine Resources Commission

Mark Grant

NOAA Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office

Mark Terceiro

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Corinne Truesdale

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Samuel Truesdell

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

Rachel Sysak

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Chelsea Tuohy

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Gregory Wojcik

Connecticut Department of Fisheries

Richard Wong

Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife

Tony Wood

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center