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Arlington, VA – Atlantic coastal states from Maine through Florida have scheduled their hearings to gather public input on Draft Addendum V to the American Eel Fishery Management Plan. The details of those hearings are attached. Since the implementation of Addendum IV in 2014, states have raised several concerns about the current management program. Currently,…
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Commercial Yellow and Glass/Elver Eel Allocation and Management; Revised 5/7/2018
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s American Eel Management Board (Board) approved American Eel Draft Addendum V for public comment. The Draft Addendum proposes alternative coastwide landings caps, management triggers, state-by-state allocations, and transfer provisions for the yellow eel commercial fishery; as well as alternatives to the current Maine glass eel commercial quota and the aquaculture…
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Consider Approval of Draft Addendum V for Public Comment Action; Presentation of Management Options (K. Rootes-Murdy); Stock Assessment Subcommittee Report (K. Anstead); Consider Approval of 2017 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action; Advisory Panel Report (K. Rootes-Murdy)
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Norfolk, VA – The American Eel Management Board reviewed the results of the 2017 American Eel Stock Assessment Update, which indicates the resource remains depleted. The assessment updates the 2012 American Eel Benchmark Stock Assessment with data from 2010‐2016. Trend analyses of abundance indices indicated large declines in abundance of yellow eels during the 1980s…
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