NCFA WEEKLY UPDATE FOR March 03, 2025 – From The Executive Director, A Few Agenda Items of Interest

As we’ve mentioned before, the NCFA does not believe the Marine Fisheries Commission can make any changes to the Blue Crab FMP without an updated stock assessment or a peer reviewed and approved benchmark assessment. We have emailed DMF Director, Kathy Rawls, outlining our concerns and are waiting for a response explaining why the DMF believes they can move forward using the adaptive management strategy, approved in Amendment 3, and the results of the 2018 stock assessment, which, when updated, was not approved for use. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 12:57

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