May 2, 2017 — The following was released by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council:
The Mid‐Atlantic Fishery Management Council seeks a highly-qualified contractor to evaluate the feasibility of developing a fishing mortality (F) based management approach for the recreational summer flounder fishery that is consistent with and meets the Council’s requirements to implement Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) and Accountability Measures (AMs) as mandated under the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA).
Please review the Request for Proposals for complete details and instructions for proposal submission.
Proposals are due by June 19, 2017.