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Consider American Lobster Draft Addendum XXV for Public Comment (M. Ware) Action; Discuss Trap Caps Included in Addenda XXI and XXII (M. Ware); American Lobster Reporting Work Group Report (M. Ware) Possible Action; Consider Jonah Crab Draft Addendum II for Public Comment Action; Jonah Crab Working Group Report (M. Ware); Consider 2016 American Lobster Fishery…
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, August 4, 2016, and was called to order at 10:10 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Dave Borden.
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Update on Status of Federal Rulemaking for American Lobster (P. Burns); American Lobster Technical Committee Report on Southern New England; Discuss Management Options to be Included in American Lobster Draft Addendum XXV(D. Borden) Possible Action; Discuss Technical Committee Recommendation for, and NOAA Letter on, Increased Reporting in the American Lobster Fishery (D. Borden; P. Burns)…
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Evaluation of Management Tools to Increase Egg Production in SNE
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The following analysis looks at the effect of gauge size changes on egg production, exploitation, spawning stock biomass (SSB), reference abundance, and catch. This work is intended to provide a holistic view of stock and fishery changes that may result from alterations to the minimum and maximum gauge size.
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The Law Enforcement Committee heard a presentation and update on Maine’s pilot trap tag transferability program.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, May 2, 2016, and was called to order at 9:02 o’clock a.m. by Chairman David Borden.
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Discuss Next Steps for Management of the Southern New England American Lobster Stock Possible Action; Motion to begin a new addendum to address the declining lobster stock conditions in Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic (SNE/MA); Discuss Next Steps for Management of Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank American Lobster Stock (P. Keliher) Possible Action; Draft Addendum I to the…
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The American Lobster Plan Development Team (PDT) met via conference call on March 23, 2016 to develop potential management objectives for the Southern New England (SNE) stock, a task assigned by the Lobster Board at the February meeting.
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The American Lobster Technical Committee (TC) met on March 14th to complete tasks assigned by the American Lobster Management Board (Board) in November 2015 and to address followup questions from the February 2016 Board meeting. These included impacts to the stock from gauge size changes, comparative sources of mortality, stock‐recruit relationships, the costs and benefits…
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, February 2, 2016, and was called to order at 9:01 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Dave Borden.
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