The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council have approved revised specifications for the 2017 and 2018 fishing year for the Northern black seabass stock.
Based on a stock assessment that determined the fish stock is not being overfished, the 2017 recreational harvest limit for the black seabass stock from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to the Canadian border is 4.29 million pounds (1,946 metric tons – MT) with a commercial ...
