{"id":59353,"date":"2025-01-23T10:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=59353"},"modified":"2025-01-23T10:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:28:21","slug":"news-2025-01-23-let-your-voice-be-heard-potential-changes-to-how-recreational-management-measures-are-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2025-01-23-let-your-voice-be-heard-potential-changes-to-how-recreational-management-measures-are-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Your Voice be Heard &#8211; Potential Changes to How Recreational Management Measures are Set"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Input Needed!<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image text-wrap-pic\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/asmfc-logo-300x200-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/asmfc-logo-300x200-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59352\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is accepting public comment on the Recreational Measures Setting Process for Bluefish, Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This action considers changes to the process used by the Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to set recreational management measures (bag, size and season limits) for bluefish, summer flounder, scup and black sea bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The public hearing (webinar only) for NJ and CT will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 (6 p.m. &#8211; 8 p.m.).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To register for this meeting,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/rt\/2119243135242425692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-up-right-from-square\" style=\"color: #2c51b3\"><\/i>, and be sure to select January 28, 2025 from the drop down menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Additional information is available in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asmfc.org\/uploads\/file\/6753258epr38RecreationalMeasureSetting_PublicHearings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ASMFC news release<\/a> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-up-right-from-square\" style=\"color: #2c51b3\"><\/i> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-file-pdf\" style=\"color: #dc3545\"><\/i>, including how to submit written comments (due by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on February 15, 2025).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asmfc.org\/files\/PublicInput\/RecMeasuresSettingProcessDraftAddenda_PublicComment_Dec2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Draft document for public comment<\/a> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-up-right-from-square\" style=\"color: #2c51b3\"><\/i> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-file-pdf\" style=\"color: #dc3545\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Input Needed! The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is accepting public comment on the Recreational Measures Setting Process for Bluefish, Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass. This action considers changes to the process used by the Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to set recreational management measures (bag, size and season limits) for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":59351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fishing","category-saltwater-recreational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59353"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59357,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59353\/revisions\/59357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}