# 2025-09262: Officials Meet to Review Bluefish Before Setting Future Fishing Rules

2025-09262, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2025-05-23, effective 2025-06-12; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-22).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09262
- As of: 2026-10-22
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09262
- Title: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 22062
- Published: 2025-05-23
- Effective: 2025-06-12
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-22

## In one line

Officials Meet to Review Bluefish Before Setting Future Fishing Rules

## Summary

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission are teaming up for a public webinar on June 12, 2025, to review how bluefish fishing is doing. They’ll use this info to help set fishing rules for 2026-2027, affecting both commercial and recreational fishers. This meeting helps make sure fishing stays fair and sustainable, with no immediate costs but important future impacts on catch limits.

## Abstract

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC) Bluefish Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Bluefish Advisory Panel.

## Effects PRIA read

- 2026-2027 Bluefish Catch Limits: mixed, medium. If you are a commercial or recreational fisher, a webinar on June 12, 2025 will review bluefish fishing performance. That review will be used to help set bluefish catch and landings limits for 2026–2027, which could change how much you are allowed to catch or sell.

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## Sources
- [2025-09262 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/23/2025-09262/mid-atlantic-fishery-management-council-mafmc-public-meeting)
- [2025-09262 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-23/pdf/2025-09262.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09262 (as of 2026-10-22).