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FMAC endorses staff package for cobia: 43-inch minimum, two-fish vessel limit and modest season extension
Summary
FMAC members recommended the staff option that raises the minimum cobia size to 43 inches while retaining a two-fish vessel limit and extending the season five days (June 15–Sept. 20) to achieve roughly a 15.9% reduction for the Northern region under ASMFC Addendum 2.
The Fisheries Management Advisory Committee endorsed a staff-recommended package of recreational cobia measures intended to keep Virginia’s share of the Northern region’s recreational quota within the new allocation framework approved under ASMFC Addendum 2. FMAC’s recommendation keeps the two-fish vessel limit and raises Virginia’s minimum size limit to 43 inches total length, paired with a modest extension of the season to Sept. 20 to balance the reduction target.
Shanna Madsen, deputy chief of fisheries management, told the committee that Addendum 2 replaces the older state-by-state recreational allocation approach with…
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